<p>So, among the more than 1.5 million SAT testees in 2010 there were
<400 scored 2400
<7,500 scored 2350 or above
Approx. 40,000 scored 2300 or above
Approx. 85,000 scored 2250 or above
Approx. 100,000 scored 2240 or above</p>
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<p>Hope this infomation may help answer many of the “Chance Me” type inquiries on this and other similar forums. Good luck everybody!</p>
<p>There is no possible way that 180,000 people scored higher than a 2200 - that would put a 2200 at a percentile of ~88…
the numbers are the total - so 17,717 people scored at or above a 2230, making that within the top percentile (or so)</p>
<p>@Hparent: ZaZa94’s right. Those totals are cumulative. I think if nearly 200,000 college bound seniors are scoring over 2,200, the Department of Education would either be investigating for irregularities or shouting Hallelujah! </p>
<p>This is the info from College Board on the class of 2011: </p>
<p>In addition, what should be added is that the lower end might be a 690 for a section, but it is impossible to assume that that person scored a 690 or so for the other two sections - for example, I’m below the reading 25th percentile (670) but above the 75th percentile for math (800), and within the mid 50th for the writing (760) - which makes a 2230, which is probably around the average of someone who goes to Harvard </p>
<p>It is impossible for the 75th percentile (total) to be above 2330 or so, because there aren’t enough kids to have that 75th percentile be that high for HYPSMCC etc. </p>
<p>My opinion may not be worth much, but I say the 25th percentile of a Harvard freshman would be 2150, average at around 2230 (not just saying this number because that’s my score loll), 75th at around 2310 </p>
<p>The common app just adds the 75th percentile ranges together to get a 75th total, but it neglects the fact that for someone to score at the 75th in one doesn’t mean he/she did that for the other subjects</p>
<p>The only real numbers I had seen were still the old 1600 SAT numbers and 35% of admitted Harvard studnets were 99 % and above (1490-1600), 55% were 94-98% (1370 to 1480) and 10% were 93% and below (1360 and below). The weighted mean would be between 1425 to 1460. Today, I don’t think the pertage would be drastically different. Students with scores under 2010 (93% and below for the current SAT) would accont for 10% and less of the total admitted students at Harvard.</p>