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The number of people with good academic records and top SAT scores outnumber the total seats available at top schools. They also take into account extra-circula
by itg 15y ago
The number of people with good academic records and top SAT scores outnumber the total seats available at top schools. They also take into account extra-circulars, leadership experience, and other activities. This prevents people from just studying for tests and thinking they have an automatic admission. Personally, I'm glad they do or I imagine it would be a very dull environment if there was nothing but people with their head in the books all the time.
- unavoidable 15y agoThis pre-supposes that a lack of ("stellar") high school extracurriculars translates to a future lack of college extra-curriculars.
- pradocchia 15y agoIt's not that, it's that those with perfect scores appear to be wasting their talent on test taking. They'd prefer students who studied hard enough to get into the 95% percentile, and then devoted the remainder of their efforts elsewhere. If you can do both, fine, but don't sacrifice everything for a few more points on the SAT.