> > Another possibility is that the low scorers are less likely to run around telling their score to everybody they know.
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> I also think that some people with high scores (not just better than average but really well) don't want to do this either, for fear of seeming to brag.

Then, just a few short months later, they realize that unless they are trying to get into MIT or a school filled with pointy heads, standardized test *scores* hardly count for a thing. Most schools just require the lot to make sure you aren't an idiot. They'll gladly take your money.

Ga"That's not quite true. The SAT is a favorite tool for admittance to scholarship contests, which can help famously."be