<p>What do you think are the cutoffs for being automatically rejected or accepted at Penn when they're first going through the apps?</p>
<p>I was told from NY area no chance bellow 1400 (/1600)</p>
<p>However I believe they at least skim applications bellow that, just in case something catches their eye.</p>
<p>I think there is no "auto" reject and certainly no "auto" admit. However, that being said. as a cutoff, i believe that if you are competitive in gpa, class rank and ecs, only a score below 1300 would be a detriment to your application. In terms of acceptances, with strong ecs, gpa class rank etc. i believe above a 1500 would be plus.</p>
<p>There is no auto anything. If you are a "hooked" applicant - recruited athlete, URM, development admit, from S. Dakota, etc. then no SAT is too low. If you are say Asian from NJ and have nothing to bring to Penn (in their perception) except high grades, then no SAT is high enough. </p>
<p>For someone in between, below 1200 is pretty much a total cutoff unless they have some really special reason to want you or you have a damn good story to tell. </p>
<p>1400 is definitely NOT the cutoff. People get crazy ideas. 1400 is close to the 50th percentile - almost 1 out of 2 Penn admits is below 1400. Admittedly, that half of the class is disproportionately made up of the "hooked" but there are also people from NY, Asians, etc. in that group. BUT they have to have something in their overall package that makes them interesting to the admissions office . Plenty of blah 1400s get rejected, but plenty of interesting ones get admitted - there is nothing automatic about that score either way.</p>
<p>I agree completely with Percy.
However NY is a different animal.
Hooks must be that much stronger.</p>
<p>If you have bellow a 600/2400 or 400/1600 you are an automatic reject regardless of what sort of athlete legacy you are.</p>
<p>o shoot I gues that rules me out...
ps. completely joking</p>
<p>I think the cutoff is 500 on any part of the SAT. But Penn is known for paying a lot of attention to each app, for what that's worth.</p>