<p>Are there people scoring 300CR/300M/300W out there? I mean doesn't collegeboard say the fifty-percentile ranking is about a 510/800? that's means there'll be lots of people barely scoring over 200 per section to compensate for the numberous 800s out there.
If so, why would they even take it? As a requirement?</p>
<p>Athletes have to take it to get into college. SATs get balanced against HS grades for acceptance and whether they can compete as freshmen.</p>
<p>this isn't supported by anything, but my theory is that to make the average work, there are a lot of scores around and just below the average. it may seem like a lot of people have 790s/800s/etc, but consider that people who get those scores are the ones that will let everyone know. i don't know many people that would publicize a 900. </p>
<p>in addition, the scores are scaled to make ~500 the average. that's how collegeboard can clain that.</p>
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Actually, the scores follow a normal distribution, so the 800's are not as numerous as you would think. CC is a self-selecting group of people most of whom post scores anonymously.</p>
<p>Out of 1.4 million test takers, about 14,000 scored 760 or better on each part (the top 1 percent) and another 14,00 scored 270 or lower (the bottom 1 percent)</p>
<p>As has been said many times, "Believe what you want, but the data is the data."</p>