I feel I am better than 75+% of the student population

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And yes, I realize SAT isn't everything, but it's representative enough for this.

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This is a terrible comparison because of the amount of time spent preparing for the exam. The real question is what would the median score be at a NCSU if the student body spent the same amount of time preparing for the exam for years, memorizing its layout and hiring consultants to boost their score. Would it be as high as Harvard? Certainly not but I bet that the number would be way less than 95%. The logic used in your post is simply inaccurate. There is another thread in here that claims a consultant has raised a verbal SAT score hundreds of points. The exams are just not an accurate measure of intelligence. A moderately intelligent person who learns the test well enough can ace that test. The SAT/GRE/GMAT/LSAT exams are very beatable.