<p>Does anyone know the percentage of test takers that score a 1600 on just Math and Critical Reading (to a couple decimal places)? Also does anyone know the total number of people that scored that high on the SAT for this year's highschool senior graduating class?</p>
<p>haha nice username. very discreet. but i assume you got a 1600...nice job</p>
<p>as for your question i have no clue</p>
<p>Haha, nice call. I was just wondering as it is the only academic thing going for me in college applications and I'm arguing with my sister about its rarity and importance to my college chances.</p>
<p>It's a 99+ percentile, and you don't really have any edge over other applicants who have also scored in the 99+ percentile. It might actually hurt you if that high score offsets a school's average by too much that they'd like, although that isn't likely.</p>
<p>it's on college board. ill post in a few mins when i find it.</p>
<p>sorry, but they don't publish the percentiles for Math+CR. They publish the Math+CR+Writing percentiles:</p>
<p>this table should give you a general idea. But these numbers aren't perfectly accurate. the table says it's the scores of 2006 college bound seniors. but it won't tell you precisely how many people got 2400s in one senior class: this is just single-sitting 2400s in one year. tons of people get 2400s by adding their top section scores across retakes, and that's not counted here. and i'm not sure how many years this percentile table accounts for (is it only for sittings in 2006? in 2005? what about members of the class who took the SAT a year early? etc.)</p>
<p>the # of people that usually score a 2400 is ~240 but I can't remember if that's per test or per year. I'm guessing per test since it's tough to do, but not insanely rare.</p>
<p>^CR section -- individual report</p>
<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/PercentileRanksMathematics.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/PercentileRanksMathematics.pdf</a>
^ and math</p>
<p>Alright thanks alot everyone</p>
<p>Also, Tux are you serious about schools wanting to maintain a lower average?? That seems highly unlikely to me.</p>
<p>^yeah but some people argue that colleges are prejudiced against high scorers. it's like you have a bigger burden to prove in terms of well-roundedness. because the assumption is, 1600s are smart, not interesting.</p>
<p>but, you might be spared if your writing score shows a weakness. wat was it?</p>
<p>Yes, I am. We all see what UPenn does. Somebody mentioned this: for every person with a 2300, they accept a person with a 1900. They like to keep their average in the low 2100/1400.</p>
<p>I find it very difficult to believe that any college tries to balance 2300s with 1900s. What is the source for the statement that Penn would? </p>
<p>P.S. Props to b4nnd20 for finding the section score reports.</p>
<p>Are you saying that my 650 in writing helps me?? Haha. I do not fit the mold of the average 1600 person either because of a lower gpa as well as being a good athlete</p>
<p>(and my parents always said to try harder in school....shows what they know)</p>
<p>tokenadult, it was mentioned on these forums by a couple of people.</p>
<p>Well, all right, but every kind of crazy idea gets mentioned on these forums sooner or later. I was just at a public information meeting about colleges </p>
<p><a href="http://exploringcollegeoptions.org/%5B/url%5D">http://exploringcollegeoptions.org/</a> </p>
<p>that included Penn, and there was no suggestion AT ALL that any of the five colleges there looks actively for lower-scoring students. They get applications from lower-scoring students, and they all admit students with special talents in fine arts, music, athletics, or other activities that don't necessarily match up with high SAT scores, but I think every college in the top echelon is pretty happy to prefer the highest scorers it can find, consistent with building a well-rounded class. If anyone knows of an admission officer who has said otherwise in a verifiable place, I'd sure like to check the citation.</p>
<p>I got 1600 M+CR. I'm not that special.</p>
<p>Same, I'm actually pretty stupid, especially at math, I bombed Math IIC.</p>
<p>Oh, I'm a smart 1600-er.</p>
<p>Eh, I'll see if I still feel that way after my SAT IIs Saturday.</p>