<p>sorghum said: “If you knew nothing else about 2 applicants, and took only one, of course you would take the 2400.”</p>
<p>Exactly!!! In other words, if SATs were THE ONLY admission criterion you would be right.</p>
<p>But you know that is not the case; the are both equally qualified because they are both over the threshold to do the work AND to go further in the admissions process.</p>
<p>And as a practical matter, any institution saying that the ~300 students who get 2400s are qualified and the other ~5,700 or so who score 2300 or above would e limitd to an extremely small entering class :-)</p>
<p>Kei</p>