SAT Scores in Admissions

SAT scores would work fine for this

MIT already has enough applicants with close to perfect SAT scores that they could fill their class multiple times over. So this is a bit of a meaningless differentiator and tbh might even negatively affect someone who e.g. has below average grades but tests well.

By 'academic performance' he is almost certainly including their ACT and SAT test scores, which serve essentially as standardized university entrance exams in the US. The problem is for schools like Harvard or Stanford, almost all the applicants have near-perfect scores, so they're not a good differentiator - people with lower scores will not apply, since they know they will not be accepted.

Look the SATs are such ridiculously easy tests that scoring perfect or near-perfect on them doesn't say anything about you, only that you might be competent. Scoring lowly almost certainly means you aren't. SATs are only useful for distinguishing varying grades of mediocrity. That's why MIT asks for AMC/AIME scores.

The SAT score played no role as far as I know.

Is it really true that SAT scores don't correlate with academic performance?

You want to filter based on SAT scores?

The SAT goes from 200 - 800. If test prep raises average score by 100 points, there still is some room for the test to show actual knowledge.The college board says that an SAT is better predictor of success in college than GPA, which based on my experience of American high schools makes sense. I get that wealth probably has a positive correlation to both. But it seems that should matter a little.

i agree. and i really don't like the reliance on SAT scores for college admissions. is it an indicator, sure, but it isn't extremely accurate.

the opposite actually. by not allowing SAT scores, they made it harder