<p>I feel depressed. Most people would acknowledge that people getting a 2300 (average test for them) or less never have a even a chance to get a 2400. Therefore, a 2400 clearly shows that a student is better than sub-2300s. Not taking into account all this (in my opinion) BS about someone not being a "good test-taker," how much does a 2400 SAT score actually help in college admissions? In my school, the worst college a 2400-er went to was Stanford.</p>
<p>I'm asking this question because of all the things people have been saying about "oh, no one cares about your SAT score as long as it's not bad, it's just a number."</p>
<p>Is this just to alleviate the sadness of people who tested badly, or has a 2400 really been reduced to meaningless-ness, on the level of NHS membership or 50 hours of volunteering at the library? I actually worked hard my entire summer to earn my score...</p>
<p>Sorry this post is choppy and weird, I'm tired :(</p>
<p>Wait, you made a thread complaining that your 2400 is not perceived as highly as you want it to be?
Can you believe this guy?
Get the $#@*( outta here.</p>
<p>Well this is a new low for CC, complaining about a 2400 now, lol.</p>
<p>A higher score is always going to be better. That’s just common sense. But I think you hit diminishing marginal returns when you are talking about scores 2200-2300 or higher. I don’t have any data to back that up, that’s just my assumption, but I think it’s a pretty fair one to make. To me the purpose of the SAT is to provide more meaning to your High school transcript, ie. do you have a 4.0 and 10 AP classes because your school is very easy or because you are incredibly intelligent/hard-working? Once you score in the 2200-2400 range, you’ve proven that you’re in the top 1% of students on a test that is standardized and can’t be easily studied for: you can’t memorize everything on the SAT no matter how hard you try, you have to be able to apply what you know and do it quickly.</p>
<p>If you get a 2400, you’ve done all that you can to show that you’re within that very top fraction of a percent. That isn’t going to necessarily correlate with success, however, and that is why that doesn’t guarantee anything with admissions. It is only going to be powerful in backing up your high school transcript and showing that you have great potential, <em>IF</em> you apply yourself. If you haven’t shown that you have/will apply your smarts, then your SAT score isn’t going to matter much at the top schools.</p>
<p>Someone on CC had statistics showing that a 2400er had a 50% acceptance chance to top schools. Quite a big advantage compared to the 6 to 10% admission rate in those schools.</p>
<p>Haha, knowing my GPA, I honestly probably couldn’t get into a college of Stanford’s caliber even if I got a 2400. But seriously, stop whining like a little girl because you’re not sure if it means anything. You’re one of nearly 500 kids in the country out of 2 million that obtains a 2400. This seems ■■■■■-esque.</p>
<p>Every score of 2400 comes with an official, lifetime membership in the Association of Certified Smart People. Didn’t you get your certificate? You also have the certainty that your future spouse cannot have outscored you on the SAT I.</p>
<p>For Stanford, I just meant relative to college ranking lists, which might not be the best indicator…but there aren’t really any others. Also, it is a hell of a lot easier to get into Stanford, I heard, because there aren’t interviews and they luv athletes.</p>
<p>But, I’m obviously insecure, so I want to know how much a 2400 helps. Grades are fine, extracurriculars are there…</p>
<p>And 50 percent sounds really low—there are lots of top schools, lots of slots in those top schools, and only several hundred 2400ers.</p>
<p>Additionally, some of them are probably really smart. It doesn’t seem like the score helped, it seems like the score was an afterthought of their smartness, which I don’t think I have.</p>
<p>The only schools that might be more difficult to get into than Stanford are Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Certainly, however, none of those are “a hell of a lot easier.” The illogicality of your reasons (not offering interviews in a widespread manner and supposedly favoring athletes to a greater extent) makes the claims that you are ■■■■■■■■ more plausible.</p>
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<p>That seeming inconsistency is quite cleanly explained away by the knowledge that admissions is holistic. </p>
<p>If you’re so nervous about the possible inadequacy of your score, maybe you should retake. Seriously, though, the exact power of a 2400, which seems to be what you are trying to find out, cannot be conveyed in any meaningful way, other than to say that it can only help your application.</p>
<p>first of all, I ain’t a kid, my public school’s like 30 miles from the Mexican border, and I just want to hear from someone who got a 2400 on how much it actually helped them.</p>