<p>I was thinking along the lines of "correlation does not equal causation"...</p>
<p>Are you guys seriously maintaining that Yale doesn't care about standardized test scores? Yale's own CDS proves otherwise: It ranks standardized test scores as "very important" in making admissions decisions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yale.edu/oir/cds.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/oir/cds.pdf</a></p>
<p>mihan and I are kidding (I think).</p>
<p>I think it's that</p>
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<li>the candidates that Yale select to be viable "acceptees" are already very accomplished and therefore very likely to have high SAT scores</li>
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<p>and 2. if Yale sees at an applicant who appears stellar in every other aspect but has a lower SAT score than expected, they might doubt the veracity of the application or question the student's drive to do well and will thus be less inclined to accept him/her (i.e. this is the part where Yale "cares" about the scores)</p>
<p>result: the accepted pool of Yalies has a very high SAT score, but not because it is the basis of their decision making - rather, it's because of their holistic approach that includes the SAT score in the evaluation process. </p>
<p>That's just my line of thinking...it just seems highly unlikely SAT scores are an *integral *part of the application - they've got better things to look at to weed you out if you're not going to cut it. SAT scores are just a measure to check for consistency and such, methinks ; )</p>
<p>hahah, actually I wasn't Hunt.. ;P</p>
<p>It's important, but it's not going to be the thing that keeps you out.</p>
<p>@ OneKingOneLife:</p>
<p>Yeah, my SAT math was "substandard", but I got a perfect on my IIC</p>
<p>Does that do anything to "cover it up"? I would imagine it would at least make them take two things into consideration.</p>
<p>Does anyone think they have a better guess?</p>
<p>I don't know if they do anything to cover it up; the college sees both scores anyway.</p>
<p>Eh, I'm just really relying on that "holistic approach" thing...</p>