<p>"Well, converting my 1960 to the old SAT score, I get a 1310. Among the applicants applying to Northwestern and other top caliber colleges, yes, that score is considered subpar."</p>
<p>I'm sorry, I didn't realize that your title said "subpar SAT's for Elite Colleges" because if you got a 1360 and considered that sub-par, I would consider that a very eleatist attitude considering the average score is somewhere around a 1,000. Sometimes I think people on this board lose just a little bit of perspective:</p>
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<p>And if you consider a 1300 + subpar, you must think Cornell has sub par admissions standard:</p>
<p>MEDIAN SAT SCORES:</p>
<p>Amherst: 66% scored above 600 verbal; 83% scored above 600 math
Brown: 630 verbal; 670 math
Bryn Mawr: 70% scored above 600 verbal; scored above 600 math
Columbia: 630 verbal; 660 math
Cornell: 587 verbal; 652 math
Dartmouth: 620 verbal; 670 math
Duke: 606 verbal; 657 math"</p>
<p>Oh, and the Yale Median (1340) is just barely above par, right?</p>
<p>And the Penn median SAT is waaaaaay below par at 1270. My point is that you missed the boat in your original post. Part of the reason that you were admitted to very competative schools was your EXCELLANT SAT scores, you weren't admitted dispite them. The moral of the story should be that you can make up for just good grasws with essays and great SAT scores.</p>