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<p>Are you ■■■■■■■■ or just stupid?</p>
<p>Anyways…At my school, it is not uncommon for a 2300+ SAT along with an UW GPA under 3.7. My school’s workload is demanding, and it tends to pay off big dividends. In situations like that, as long as one’s GPA isn’t extremely low (under 3.5), they really wouldn’t face an extreme disadvantage when trying to go for top schools.</p>
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<p>Yes, but those lower tiers are usually occupied by athletes, URMs, and kids whose parents have made significant donations. Generally speaking, a 2100 SATer would need to have a lot more other stuff going for him/her than a 2300+er.</p>
<p>There just aren’t enough perfect 2400 scores to be concerned about. According to the College Board, among 2008 College Bound Seniors, only 294 scored a perfect 2400 in a single sitting at any time in their HS career. Who cares where those 294 people go to school? They’ll all get into very good schools, and if their grades and ECs are up to par they’ll all get into some of the very best schools, whether or not they get into their top choice. And from the colleges’ point of view, why even both to distinguish the 2400 from the 2300, as there are fewer than 6,000 with 2300+ single-sitting SAT scores—a really small pool. Now of course, superscoring might increase these numbers by a factor of, what, 2? 3? 4 at most? But we’re still talking about very small numbers.</p>
<p>The difference between a 2400 and a 2350 is basically just statistical noise. The colleges don’t care. Neither should we.</p>
<p>my point exactly. raise the bar above 700, maybe, but above a certain threshold, scores don’t tell counselors anything definitive, and they know this.</p>
<p>Esoteric, thank you for bringing sense to the affirmative action topic. Every time I see it bandied around here in CC there is so much misinformation, misunderstanding, and vitriol spewed at it.</p>
<p>Long32=3, first of all black students are far less likely to have two professional parents. Second of all, even when they do, they STILL get lower test scores than white students. Even controlling for socioeconomic status black students are still disadvantaged in this whole education thing, which is why they use race and not just SES – SES isn’t sufficient on its own to mitigate the effects.</p>
<p>And as for the thread…yea, there’s really not much difference between a 2400 and a 2350, or even a 2300 as was said. They’re both in the top 1% of test-takers across the country.</p>
<p>@monster344: Do you have any proof or sources to back up your comment or are you just assuming? Please provide proof to your accusations.</p>
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Are they disadvantaged, or are they just scoring lower?
I understand that this is a very touchy subject but the idea cannot be flat-out ignored.</p>
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<p>Which comment? I’ve said quite a few things in this thread, all on varying topics.</p>