<p>What is the average sat scores of the people who are admitted. Can you give me an approximate range?</p>
<p>btw, are Ap tests more important than sat's?</p>
<p>I think the median is a 1495 isn't it?</p>
<p>and I would say APs are definitley not more important than SATs, as many schools have differing policies towards them and many don't offer them at all. They just want to know that you're challenging yourself.</p>
<p>While I can't find the exact numbers, I can tell you that the average score is somewhere around a 1470 on the old SAT.</p>
<p>I think SATs are more important because one, everyone has to take them, whereas AP tests are not necessary; two, not every school offers AP classes in the first place; and three, AP tests are subject-specific, while the SAT I is (supposedly) a test of your general knowledge and learning ability.</p>
<p>Probably 2200+ for the new SAT.</p>
<p>2200+ would be including URMs, legacies, athletes etc. </p>
<p>So a solid score would probably be 2300+?</p>
<p>I'd guess 2,250.</p>
<p>I think PR projected it would be higher.</p>
<p>what about 2100, is that too low?</p>
<p>"2200+ would be including URMs, legacies, athletes etc."</p>
<p>From what I've heard, people get in to Harvard and such with scores of 1200-1300 on the old SAT.... As long as they're either black, athletic, from montana and poor, a legacy, etc.... </p>
<p>So we're looking at an 1880 for those people with the new SAT. 1250/1600=x/2400</p>
<p>okay... that's definitely a little bit misleading
you make it sound like your scores don't mean anything as long as ur mexican...</p>
<p>"okay... that's definitely a little bit misleading
you make it sound like your scores don't mean anything as long as ur mexican..."</p>
<p>No, it's not misleading. It's true. Really, sad, but true. (P.S. I'm white, so I'm not being biased to nationality, just honest) Several URM's get in each year that have high gpa's, strong ecs, recs, essays, etc... but they have low SAT scores.</p>
<p>Several, yes. Maybe a handful. But I really wouldn't count on it, because it's extremely rare.</p>
<p>" Several URM's get in each year that have high gpa's, strong ecs, recs, essays, etc... but they have low SAT scores."</p>
<p>The same is true of white Americans who have billionaire or celebrity parents or are star athletes.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, there are plenty of students - -including whites and URMs -- who are rejected even though they are strong across the board.</p>
<p>Did you mean 1400 or.....?</p>
<p>Rejected yes but did they HONESTLY SHOW INTEREST BEYOND THE SCHOOL's prestige? Did they make the most out of their education? Did they take 13 to 14 AP classes when their school offered 16 and then they took online classes to supplement? Did they research the school? Did their recs show and not MERELT TELL about the applicant's qualities? Many people with all these perfect scores get rejected probably because they lack the social skills to communicate their passion...both for learning and USING all the educational resources Harvard has to offer! But who am I to say this, I am not adcom</p>
<p>The reason why strong applications get rejected is simply because there are too many people applying and not enough room. Even if 3/4 of the total number of applicants (about 23,000) were not able to communicate their passion, were not serious about Harvard, etc., that still leaves you with about 5800 applicants vying for 1650 seats.</p>