<p>What is the minimum requirement for the SAT to get admission on Princeton?</p>
<p>There is no minimum requirement. Your application gets interpreted as a whole. There isn't a cutoff bracket or anything like that.</p>
<p>That's true legendofmax, but I think it's safe to say that you are in tough shape if you have less than a 1200 (maybe 1250).</p>
<p>Well if you have a 1200 but you cure cancer? :P</p>
<p>Point is, if you have a low SAT, it won't kill you. You can excel in other areas to make yourself stand out; the SAT is only one piece of it. I think the middle 50% SAT scores ranged from roughly high 600s to 770</p>
<p>Don't know about Princeton, but Columbia said they accepted someone with a 980. Obviously that person must've done something really amazing, but still, there is no official cutoff and it's always worth a try.</p>
<p>Someone got in Princeton last year with an 1170.</p>
<p>ummm the average athlete SAT score is 980--1200ish thats where all the low scores come from. i think people that get in academically is usually at least a 1300</p>
<p>I wouldn't say that's the average...maybe an exception for a couple of stellar athletes...most athletes have to be really good academically, too. 980 (especially) is quite low, far from any average. A guy with 1450 SATs and senior nat cuts for swimming was recruited by harvard and wasn't accepted by the adcom.</p>
<p>You may be right, I don't know, but that seems extremely low.</p>
<p>i know NCAA recruitment at Yale is like a minimum 890 on the SAT or so...im dont think princeton is far off. but i know someone who got recruited for soccer to princeton with a 1010.</p>
<p>stupid athletes.. That's not fair.</p>
<p>Did you spend 4-5+ hours a day at the gym or track or in the pool? I can tell you, there's no way an athlete can pick up the same grades and ec's as a regular candidate. Athletes bring a lot to a school...sometimes recruitment can be a little extreme, but they can't be held to the same standards as someone who has the extra 5 hours every day.</p>
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<p>Done something amazing...or daddy donated a new dorm :)</p>
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Did you spend 4-5+ hours a day at the gym or track or in the pool? I can tell you, there's no way an athlete can pick up the same grades and ec's as a regular candidate. Athletes bring a lot to a school...sometimes recruitment can be a little extreme, but they can't be held to the same standards as someone who has the extra 5 hours every day.
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<p>While this may true, what about others who are devoting just as much time to ECs that aren't athletic? I know I don't get home until about 10:00 every night because of band practice from after school until six and then play practice from six to ten. Yet I know that I won't receive any major points from that that would allow me to have lower SAT scores/grades (not that I expect any, because I do it for the fun of it not what it'll add to my college app). I don't know. Fuzzy issue, I guess.</p>
<p>Yeah, there's definitely an imbalance on that issue, but other EC's can be hard to quantify since they are different at every school. (At my old school Beta club was the only major club, but it's not that big a deal at most schools so "pres. of Beta Club Chapter" would fall sort of flat w/ the adcom....plus, non-athletic ec's are also easier to embellish.) I wish they did focus more on arts/community involvement-type ec's (it would help me), but it won't change any time soon.</p>
<p>I know non-athletic ec's are just as time-consuming...I just got a little frustrated seeing"stupid athletes" b/c my little sister is an Olympic caliber swimmer (9th at 2004 Trials) and I know what it takes to do that...she trains all the time, is tired all the time, and still manages to get perfect grades..I'm in awe.</p>
<p>You had a 4-hour drama practice every day? Wow, that's a lot. Really play that one up. (No pun intended, I swear.)</p>
<p>lol unintended puns are still funny</p>