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I have doubts - most people I know got far more than me and none got into elite institutions. I can’t even imagine how exponentially superior the people who got

• DuskStar 7y ago
  Oh, I don't mean that getting higher scores makes you likely to get in - only that having a 'low' score (less than 2100, let's say) makes it far harder to the point of being nearly impossible. If you check out some stats from Stanford [0] and MIT [1] you can see that admit rates fall off VERY quickly. For instance, Stanford's fall 2014 freshmen had a 5.1% overall admit rate, climbing to 13% for those who received an 800 on their critical reading SAT but only 2% for those scoring below 600 on the same. Or look at MIT - 9% admit rate for 750+ Math SAT, 0.05% for <700. (Literally one person out of 1828) 0: https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/selection/profile14.html https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/selection/profile14.htm... 1: https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats/ https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats/
  • akhilcacharya 7y ago
    Right, I’m in the middle ground where I’m still considered to be exponentially inferior to the admits.