Message from discussion SAT Scores and College Admission

From: Gary Glen Price <ggpr...@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: SAT Scores and College Admission
Date: 1999/11/28
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sholmes...@my-deja.com wrote:
> ...how about a hypotheical student with 1600's 
> along with 3 800's SAT 2, straight A's 
> and a sport or two thrown in?

Several years ago, one of the regulars on this newsgroup (Ron Medley? 
AsiaSunset?) dubbed the 1600 + 800+800+800 achievement the
"quintfecta."  If we throw in straight-A grades and notable achievement
in a sport, shall we call it the "septfecta"?

Lest high school students worry that there are many such applicants: 
Rest assured, there aren't.  According to College Board records, only
730 out of 1,220,130 SAT-taking 1999 college-bound seniors scored 1600
on the SAT I
<http://www.collegeboard.org/sat/html/counselors/cbs/cbs99/totlvm99.html>. 
Not all of the 730 would also have taken three or more SAT II tests; of
those who did, it is reasonable to assume (given the modest correlation
between SAT I and SAT II performance) that only a minority scored 800 on
at least three SAT II tests.

Gary Glen Price
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
University of Wisconsin-Madison