u/Illustrious_Stock195

Hey everyone, I have a question. Appreciate it if you answer.

Let's say an applicant scores 1580 on the SAT and applies with this priority order: (1) DS (2) DSD

Last year's cutoffs:
DS: Scholarship cutoff = 1600, Admission-only cutoff = 1500
DSD: Scholarship cutoff = 1570 (800M), Admission-only cutoff = 1350

My question: Does the system place him in DS (no scholarship) and completely ignore DSD? Meaning — to receive 2nd choice with scholarship, do you have to fully fail/get rejected from the 1st choice altogether? or they will give him options: DS(no scholarship) vs DSD (with scholarship)

I know this is a bit of an extreme edge case. Just genuinely curious how the system handles it.