Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?
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If SATs were not a pretty reliable indicator, the best colleges couldn't get away with using them.
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The best colleges barely look at SATs, but manage to accept a ton of 1600 scorers anyways (and reject a ton of 1600 scorers). The important thing here is that correlation does not imply causation. Yes, Harvard accepts a ton of really bright kids but there are better indicators of intelligence contained within an application than merely an SAT score. It's a bit of a sanity check, really, just as the GREs are a sanity check for a graduate school application.
That being said, the correlation seems pretty good.
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What exactly are the best colleges looking at?
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