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<p>SAT scores rarely tell the whole story. Stanford’s lower median SAT is not because they are hurting for high-scoring applicants. Rather it reflects that they don’t weight the scores as heavily in admissions decisions. For a woman with 2300 SAT CalTech would be much easier to get into than Stanford. Last year Stanford accepted 1 in 14 women; Caltech accepted 1 in 4 women.</p>