<p>I have retaken my sat in November and got slightly lower scores than what I was aiming for. Superscored, my SAT is 740CR 740M and 710W. I was aiming for 750 in all 3 sections :(.</p>
<p>Are these scores good enough to pass the SAT threshold for Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Brown? I am an Asian male US citizen residing in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>I find that my CR and M scores are about average, but my writing score is barely within the middle 50%. :(</p>
<p>For top colleges, 2190 AND ASIAN MALE is not a good combination.</p>
<p>im with @20more. but with the ivies you never know.</p>
<p>For a US student (I’m sorry, I don’t know what the difference is for foreign), your CR+M and probably all three, are competitive, but won’t blow anyone away.</p>
<p>It’s impossible to say given the fact that we don’t know anything else. All SATs do is give you a chance to be looked at seriously. What are your grades, ecs recs, essays? Those are the ones that determine your admission once the sat threshold has been reached.</p>
<p>@ zephyr what do you mean by competetive? does that mean my score is good around the same as most other applicants?</p>
<p>@mhmm yeah, I realize admissions is very complicated, just asking for opinions on whether I will be given a “serious look” as in whether or not my scores are good enough so that a rejection will not be based on them. I tried giving my grades, ecs, etc but nobody replies to my chance threads :(</p>
<p>thanks guys! I appreciate your posts</p>
<p>Surely you know that your scores are only the first hurdle?</p>
<p>After that, colleges want to know what you can “add to the school”. What can you bring to the schools you’re applying to that will add their <em>ahem</em> reputations?</p>
<p>@zang.</p>
<p>That’s exactly what I mean. Looking at the Scores for Yale, for example. The 25%ile-75%ile range for each of the three sections is roughly 700-800. This means that 740-750 puts you in the ball park. Even though your writing is a bit low, I would think that anyone with all three sections above 700 gets a serious look anywhere.</p>
<p>BTW, my view in this is heavily influenced by a thread of a few months ago, in which this is essentially what an MIT admissions officer said. (I’m sure you can find this if you look)</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about the SAT-W, consider a school like Cornell, which we believe does not use this portion of the test for admissions.</p>