Is that 1590/2400 or 1590/1600? In either case, that is not a big deal for MIT. I thought he was supposed to be a genius, so why not a perfect score? MIT actually gets more 2400/2400 applicants than they are able to accept.
A question with two "cars" and one "goat", and he fumbled it! I bet he chose answer A at first, but later changed to answer C. And professor Rosa saw his SAT answers and thought: "This is the type of student I want in my class! I'm going to recommend his application to the board."
Yes he was a complete idiot. There are a dozen places better suited for an assload of cash than in his ceiling.
go to the bank and get a safe deposit box
But this is a federal offense. Its considered taking money out of circulation. There are strict laws against putting currency in a safe deposit box.
That said, the ceiling of your dorm room? Really? God only knows how often maintenance goes through these rooms especially when you are gone most weekends.
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In looking for the specific law (ahh gotta love the hyperbole of the internet), it appears maybe I have been told wrong. It doesnt seem to be a federal offense yet but it probably will be in the future. Instead, nearly all banks have a set policy against keeping currency in a safe deposit box. I know mine does for sure (5th/3rd) because they said specifically not to put any in there when we got ours. I have been told others do as well.
But I would rather not exaggerate things when possible :)
Back when the book was written the median SAT at MIT was around 1410. After the SAT recentering of the mid-90's scores went up quite a bit. A 1410 in 1990 is around the equivalent of a 1500 in 2000. Google the SAT recentering of 1995 if you want more information. When the book was written a close to perfect score was a much bigger deal.