would harvard take a 2360?

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<p>Maybe not Harvard specifically, but I know that with Princeton the 2400 acceptance rate is approximately 45%, while the 2300-2400 range acceptance is around 26%. That’s a pretty significant difference.</p>

<p>Also, regarding your 2 scenarios, 1st of all there’s score choice, and second of all not all composite scores are equal. The OP’s CR score was a 760, and while this is by no means a bad score, generally speaking Harvard’s most competitive applicants have CR scores of 800 (while not necessarily having perfect Math scores…Go to the Harvard decisions thread and you’ll quickly see what I mean). If his scores by section were 790/790/780, then retaking the SAT would probably not be reasonable.</p>

<p>And yes, I am aware that OP made Harvard, and by no means did I suggest a 2360 would hurt his chances; rather, his SAT score probably significantly increased his chances. But at the same time, he probably didn’t get the boost that an applicant with a 2400 or even an applicant with a 2360 (760 Math) got. I am suggesting that overall, the higher the SAT score, the lower GPA/subjective factors can be in order to gain admissions, differentiating between scores even in the 2300s. The fact is when it comes to a school like Harvard, admission is so competitive that every minute factor for an unhooked applicant can be the difference between a WL and an acceptance.</p>

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<p>About retaking; google “regression to the mean”.</p>

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<p>i know a girl who is going to harvard next year. she got exactly a 2360, so you have just as good a chance. she also got accepted to yale, MIT, stanford… basically everything she applied to if i heard right lol. i don’t know about the community service she did or her school grades though, but they’re probably both very good</p>

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<p>2360 will always be good enough.</p>

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<p>does anybody else want to punch the op in the face?</p>

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<p>Can we put the ax in this thread considering it is quite old?</p>