Harvard said no to one out of every four applicants with perfect SAT scores.

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<p><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liaply1029,0,3352874.story?page=1&coll=ny-main-bigpix%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liaply1029,0,3352874.story?page=1&coll=ny-main-bigpix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>But in the same article,

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On Long Island, nearly 30 percent of last year's seniors scored at least a 3 out of a possible 4 on one or more AP exams during their high school careers.

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hmm, did the author do his research?</p>

<p>Another source, though somewhat less reliable:

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In a typical year Harvard rejects over half of the applicants it gets with perfect SAT I scores of 1600.

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<a href="http://www.supercollege.com/ask.cfm?loc=4&page=3&story=375&topic=23&cart=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.supercollege.com/ask.cfm?loc=4&page=3&story=375&topic=23&cart=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Every year, Harvard rejects about 90 percent of all applicants, including the majority of applicants with perfect SAT scores.

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<a href="http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/homeschool/articles/vol6iss5/vol6iss5_FactorsCollegeChoice.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/homeschool/articles/vol6iss5/vol6iss5_FactorsCollegeChoice.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Harvard, for example, receives about 500 applications every year from students with 1600 (perfect) on the SATs… and rejects more than half of them!

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<a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/10/26%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/10/26&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>My question is, does Harvard really reject ONLY 1 our of 4 applicants with perfect SATs, as Newsday has claimed? that's seems awfully good for the 2400 people (75% chance of getting in???)</p>

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<p>And since there are only about what, 800 2400's a year? Not surprising at all.</p>

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<p>i thought it was the other way around
harvard rejects 3 out of 4 perfect scorers
i know they reject about half of perfect scorers based on the book 1600 Perfect Score: The 7 Secrets of Acing the SAT
the book also said that brown accepts nearly 99% of all perfect SAt scorers</p>

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<p>A half or third or whatever is still a heck of a lot more than 9%</p>

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<p>Actually, not 800, but 238 2400's last year.</p>

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<p>My apologies. I thought that figure referred to a single test date.</p>

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<p>Anyone knows for certain?</p>

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<p>likesomeone said, theres only 238 perfect scores in the nation ... accepting 3/4 of that STILL isn't a lot of people</p>

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<p>And certainly nowhere near 238 are going to be applying to Harvard.</p>

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<p>Probably a solid 180 of them are though.</p>

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<p>these are the results of somebody i knew who scored a perfect 1600 on the old sat</p>

<p>Accepted:
Rutgers
Cornell
Georgia Tech</p>

<p>Rejected:
Princeton
MIT
CalTech
Stanford</p>

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<p>a lot more people scored 1600s on the old SATs. </p>

<p>but thats still really strange that he got rejected to all of them</p>

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<p>am i the only person that realized that fauxhoax's statement that "if you get a 2400, you have a 75% chance of getting in to harvard" is a fallacy?</p>

<p>75% is the acceptance rate of the overall group, NOT an individual's chances of getting in; a person with a 2400 could have a 10% chance or a 50% chance or a 90% chance, it's different for each person; its just that most kids with 2400s are extremely well qualified in other areas, and colleges find that most of them would be useful additions to their campuses, so they accept most of them, BUT that doesn't mean your chances of getting in are 75%</p>

<p>...........someone needs to write a book about college admissions fallacies, if that hasn't already been done...</p>

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<p>^^ no one contended because the "fallacy" is obvious, azn. the OP probably knows it and is trying to emphasize the point that the acceptance rate seems unrealistically high</p>