<p>I really don’t know how the general opinion was formed that Princeton loves 2400s, but yeah I’m a 2400 and I got in. So I’m wondering, does Princeton tend to love 2400s more than H and Y?</p>
<p>i think about 24% of 2400ers get in, but 10% 4.0s get in.</p>
<p>obviously it would be great to be both.</p>
<p>Princeton has said that about 50% of 2400’s get in. 24% of people with SAT’s of 2300+ get in. If you read into the numbers, you’ll see that this means the % of people with 2300’s getting in would have to be much lower than 24% in order for that 24% to be the acceptance rate for that range, because it’s so skewed at the top.</p>
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<p>My point was that Princeton’s yield would be so much better, and it wouldn’t have had to take 100+ people off the waitlist, if it would only make a more active effort to assess which students were genuinely interested in attending instead of offering admission to high scorers who are merely using it as a “safety reach.”</p>
<p>well not necessarily. according to their website, about 28% of those with a 2300+ get in. and even though 50% of 2400ers get in, id say theres only about 150 that would even apply in a given year (if theres like what, 220ish a year?), so statistically that 50% doesnt mean much. but since a lot more 2300s and 2310s and such apply, then i would imagine that the 28% would decrease to maybe like 26, 27% for 2300s and 2310s.</p>
<p>does anyone know the acceptance rates for 2400s at HYPS?</p>
<p>high… but especially for princeton</p>
<p>but it still means nothing though, since the sample size is so small, these people could easily just happent o be better applicants, and so overall the acceptance rate would have little to do with sat score.</p>
<p>According to our school GC the following seems to be the %
SAT1 - %
2400 - 50
1600(M & CR)/2350+ - 45
1600(M & CR)/2300+ - 40
2350+ - 29
2300+ - 25</p>
<p>First three %ages are for single sitting scores; for superscore the last %ages apply.</p>
<p>Wow, cool… that’s reassurring… but is that “experimental” evidence for your school, or something else?</p>
<p>those percentages are good, but you do have to remember that only about 300 kids each year get a perfect 2400 in one sitting; and not all of them will apply to princeton… now, a great deal probably will</p>
<p>let’s say 200 of those apply to princeton; 100 get in; there are still about 1500 more spots left for other applicants</p>
<p>also, the guys with 2350+ probably are very good about extra stuff anyway (you’d hope so at least), so their applications would naturally be stronger that a lot of other people’s</p>
<p>but i will say that getting a 2400 is totally kick butt… makes my 2270 seem dismal… well not dismal, but you know what i mean</p>
<p>and on another note, i was reading in a book where a few years ago (back when the SAT was still out of 1600 total points), that someone with a 1050 SAT bumped it up to a 1350 and got a lot of praise from the teachers about it (he was a hard worker with almost all As, but his standardized test taking was lackluster); he still got into UPenn, so that shows that ivy’s are not totally after the test scores</p>
<p>now UPenn and princeton are two different schools, and princeton is harder to get into, for the most part</p>
<p>but despite the fact that 50% of 2400s get in, there are so few with 2400s that it isn’t that big of a deal</p>
<p>so i gather that not many people here believe Princeton when they say that they superscore? :)</p>
<p>I hope they superscore. I have a 2400 from 2 sittings, but my highest is 2350. Anyone know?</p>
<p>^ the last thing you have to worry about are your test scores</p>
<p>and yes, they do superscore, but a 2400 in one sitting is just slightly better than a 2400 superscore</p>
<p>but really, don’t sweat it, just make sure your app is impressive</p>
<p>congrats occam, honestly it probably doesnt matter</p>
<p>if they do superscore then they make no distinction between a single sitting 2400 or a superscored 2400. so there’ll definitely be a lot more than just 200 applicants with 2400s in Peytoncline’s analysis.</p>
<p>occamrazor, if Princeton is to be believed, then you’re just as good as a single sitting 2400 in their eyes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, guys, it’s a little reassuring. How much do you figure have a 2400 superscore per year in addition to those with single sitting 2400s?</p>
<p>Not necessarily. They still know how many times you took the SAT; it would be hard to not have any difference of mind at all given that you have the knowledge of how many times the test was taken.</p>
<p>i was referring to just those who get 2400 in one sitting</p>
<p>but yes, there are more people with 2400 in general (those who did it in one sitting and those with a superscore)</p>
<p>but again, not everyone with a 2400 will apply to princeton or to harvard or to yale or to wherever; all will have different opinions about what colleges they like</p>
<p>but a nice bit will apply to princeton just for the heck of it (because, honestly, if i had a 2400, i’d apply to as many top-ranked schools as i could just to see what would happen)</p>
<p>the higher the score, the better, always; but there are other things to an application to just test scores, and even if an applicant has a 2400, if they don’t have much else, they probably won’t get accepted</p>