<p>I have a friend who got into Yale ED this year with a 2100 SAT. He was an alum and his parents had dinner with the dean of admissions the day before his acceptance (did I mention that the dean flew all the way to Jordan to sit with his parents?).
Meanwhile, another friend, same school, with a 2350 SAT got rejected from Yale. She has one of the highest gpas, is student council president, does a million extra curricular activities. . . yet she got rejected. Not even wait listed.
Another classmate with a 1970 got accepted to Yale. He had absolutely no personality but was one of the international top four with his A level scores.</p>
<p>Basically, what I’m trying to say is that although a 2400 is a nice addition to your application, it does not guarantee acceptance to highly selective colleges. Nothing does. </p>
<p>Well of course you don’t need SAT’s when you have the dean of admission coming to your house or you’re an international player. You’re just inviting new unquantifiable variables into the discussion. I think we are all assuming for the val-4.0-president of bunch of EC’s–kind of person here. In that instance, the SAT plays a huge role and the equation changes, so to speak.</p>