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"Gates said the experience of taking a class "where everybody had an 800 on their SAT and 5 on their AP" I'm a bit perplexed by this statement. An 800 on the
by j_baker 16y ago
"Gates said the experience of taking a class "where everybody had an 800 on their SAT and 5 on their AP"
I'm a bit perplexed by this statement. An 800 on the SAT (even before they changed the scores) isn't a huge achievement is it?
- pvdm 16y agoIn the math portion, an 800 is a perfect score.
- leif 16y agoEven so, it's not a huge achievement.
- nvoorhies 16y agoIt's 3 standard deviations above the mean, so it'd definitely be an eye-opener compared to the composition of pretty much any high school class.
- leif 16y agoThat mean includes everyone that isn't applying to the math department at Harvard. What do you think the mean is among their applicants?
- grasshoper 16y agoIt was much more difficult before they changed the scoring in the early 90s, but you're right that it really doesn't mean anything at that level. I didn't even know AP was around back then, but obviously nobody cares about a 5 on BC Calc or whatever. Gates understands that you have speak in terms more people can understand.