Why are there some University don't accept students with perfect SAT scores?

Answer 1

There could be lots of reasons. Some students with perfect SAT scores don't have good grades. Others may come from one of the better high school districts where a number of students from the same school apply & the university wants more diversity.

For others, there may just be too many applicants to pick everyone with a perfect score. For example, I got my PhD in Finance at Berkeley. They typically get between 300-350 applications per year for that PhD program and only accept between four and nine. I was told that the department gets dozens of applications every year from people in China with perfect GRE scores and 4.0 averages. But they know nothing about these students -- including the fact that they don't know the people writing letters or the quality of their undergraduate schools. In addition, they don't want all of their graduate students to be Chinese -- so they accept one or two per year -- usually from the top schools and with letters from people they trust.

Answer 2

SAT scores are only one aspect of an application. The very best schools have tons of well qualified kids to choose from. Since they have the luxury of many impressive apps to choose from, they can be pickier. So, they like "well rounded" kids. They want someone who does more than just bury their nose in a book. They think a kid would be a more desirable student at their school if they had a 4.0 and nearly perfect SAT score but has done a ton of activities and excelled at them, then a kid with a perfect GPA and SAT score but has done nothing else.

My high school is a pretty good example. In my year, we had about 19 kids with a perfect GPA. Unweighted 4.0. All took tons of AP classes. I'm pretty sure they all had over 1500 (out of 1600) on their SATs. However, some did very impressive things outside of school. Some just did a few clubs or sports. Some didn't do squat other than an activity here or there. I think only about half of them went on to the top privates (Ivies, Stanford, Duke, etc). The rest went on to the top state schools (Berkeley or UCLA), where they care mainly about your GPA and SAT. We had quite a few others with lower GPAs and SAT scores that still made it to the top privates, but they had lots of VERY impressive extra currics, very close relationships with teachers (for awesome letters of rec), etc.

Answer 3

An SAT test score is just one measure of how a student may perform. It is not the silver bullet for determining intelligence, potential, or ability, it only says you can answer multiple choice questions that the College Board selects correctly. If you have a perfect SAT score, but a 0.50 GPA in high school, you will not get accepted. SAT score is not the only measure that schools use to determine who they want.

Answer 4

So many top schools are overloaded with numerous perfect SAT or ACT scores that some have to be rejected.

Read this article.. it should help.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/education/04colleges.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Answer 5

There wouldn't be very many universities around then. Higher education is important to everyone.

Answer 6

they afraid nerd can't fit in....just kidding, they are afraid they can't teach such a smart kid