<p>Hi, guys, I just found out today that I got a 2400 on my SAT and a 36 on my ACT, both on first tries in my junior year. (Whoooooo! I am pretty much ecstatic.) </p>
<p>I'm trying to figure out how big a deal that is on a statistical level. I haven't been able to find much through Google. Do any of you know how rare it is? More importantly, will it make a difference for my college admissions process?</p>
<p>either your a huge liar or congrats</p>
<p>assuming your telling the truth its very very VERY rare and you should feel great about it</p>
<p>congrats to you.
when did you take your test?
can we take a look at your essay?</p>
<p>I understand the skepticism, so I'll give you a hearty thank you instead of being offended. Thank you!</p>
<p>I took my test on May 3, so I don't think you can see the essay until May 31. I got a 10/12 on the essay, but I got all 80 multiple choice questions to keep me in the 800 range.</p>
<p>Assuming you have grades and ECs to go with it, it should help somewhat. My daughter did the same in Nov & Dec of her junior year on her first tries as well. Last year 269 got 2400 SAT (<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/composite_CR_M_W_percentile_ranks.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/composite_CR_M_W_percentile_ranks.pdf</a>) Even fewer get 36 on the ACT each year. I doubt the overlap is more than 100. Most are them are probably not on on first tries. Many of the brag articles about perfect scores mention the student taking it two and three times to work up to that score. My daughter was accepted everywhere she applied, including HYPSM. Congrats & GOOD LUCK!!!</p>
<p>"My daughter was accepted everywhere she applied, including HYPSM."</p>
<p>That's great news to me (understanding, of course, the necessary quality of the rest of her application)! Out of curiosity, which school did she choose?</p>
<p>just to point out,
Harvard rejected 50% of their perfect SAT scorers.</p>
<p>Harvard rejected 50% of their perfect SAT scorers last year.</p>
<p>She chose Stanford. The rest of her application was very strong including curriculum, grades, essays, activities and national awards.</p>
<p>Good job on the double perfect scores. A rare feat!</p>
<p>Good choice with Stanford =]</p>
<p>That brings me to another question. I've been leaning towards Stanford (if I get in) as my top dream choice in my college search mainly because it seems like the atmosphere would be a bit more generalized and diverse there as compared to other academically comparable schools like Harvard and Princeton, partially because Stanford's sports are D-1 competitive and the climate is much nicer. How much of that am I making up, and how much of that is true about Stanford?</p>
<p>That's probably best asked in the Stanford forum.</p>
<p>It's rare because, in general, people who obtain a perfect score on one of the exams don't feel compelled to take a second exam. The reason such people don't shoot for two perfect scores is that the marginal benefit from acing the second test is minimal, if not nonexistent.</p>
<p>I can't recall if we got the first result (I believe SAT) before she took the second exam (I believe ACT). However, I know for certain that she had already registered and paid for the second before getting the first result. She took one in November, the other in December.</p>
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just to point out,
Harvard rejected 50% of their perfect SAT scorers.
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<p>soooo that means they accepted 50% of their perfect SAT scorers. sounds a lot better than 7.1%</p>
<p>^exactly. most people seem to miss that.</p>
<p>darn you must be smart. i feel stupid now</p>
<p>yeah 50% sounds amazing...we all know the SAT isnt everything in admissions</p>
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Harvard rejected 50% of their perfect SAT scorers.
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<p>Where is the proof for this statement? Web link? </p>
<p>Here is the link to the ACT National Report, by the way, for the OP. </p>