How rare is acing both the ACT and the SAT?

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<p>So 316 got 36 on ACT. I was incorrect in thinking it was fewer. There are some nice charts in this somewhat dated study that shows what happens to the probability of admissions at HYPM as SAT increases. I find the P hump most interesting! You can download it FREE here:</p>

<p>SSRN-A</a> Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities by Christopher Avery, Mark Glickman, Caroline Hoxby, Andrew Metrick</p>

<p>NBER is selling for $5.</p>

<p>See page 7 for the charts.</p>

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<p>The information about Princeton in the revealed preferences working paper is almost certainly obsolete. I don't think Princeton practices strategic admissions in such a blatant way under its current admissions administration. </p>

<p>As I just commented to molliebatmit in another thread, the revealed preferences working paper refers to top percentile scores, which includes some scores that aren't "acing" the SAT. Both the SAT and the ACT have nonpeak scores in their top percentile. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SAT_composite_CR_M_percentile_ranks.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SAT_composite_CR_M_percentile_ranks.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/composite_CR_M_W_percentile_ranks.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/composite_CR_M_W_percentile_ranks.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p><a href="http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9076/acceptanceoffergx6.png%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9076/acceptanceoffergx6.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>