<p>I actually asked my Duke Interviewer this eact question. His reponse was something along the iens of they matter, but not so much for the high ones. I mean Duke turns down alot of 1600s and he said they are not all that. He said the fact that Duke turns down alot of higher end scores should be encouraging. I'm not really sure I was, but I said, "Okey, that sounds swell." Seriosuly, am... I think they play a larger role in RD than ED, they know you will come along if you are ED. So, maybe you can get by with less?</p>