<p>My daughter took the SAT's in January and got a 760 writing, 680 math, and 700 critical reading. She has 3 SAT II's so far - 700 English, 710 US History, and 700 Bio. She retook the SAT's yesterday and feels she did better on her math and reading than the previous test. Her GPA is 4.3 weighted, with all honors and AP's available at her school. Has never had less than an A- on her report card. Lots of ec's. </p>
<p>Do you think she could get in with those scores as is? Thanks!!! </p>
<p>***Update: She just got her new scores for the SAT and she got a 750 in Reading and a 710 in math. She went down in writing, but that is because she put all her effort into studying for the others. Plus, won't they super score her so she would end up with a 750 CR, 710 M, and 760 W. Any help would be appreciated!</p>
<p>They do superscore the SAT and she really did an incredible job! I think she certainly has an excellent chance at any school! The only thing to be careful of is EC involvement and devotion to those ECs! My assumption is that she is going to be a senior next year. She should make sure she knows who she wants to write her recommendations and be veryyyy friendly with them. She should also consider starting her essay now! Best of luck to her!</p>
<p>those scores are not going to keep her out of an Ivy League college, but they certainly aren’t going to get her in…
it totally sucks, but while your daughters scores/grades are fantastic by real world standards, they are just “average” amongst the ivy league. furthermore, when viewing the average SAT scores for a college, one should keep in mind that this data includes the SAT scores of sports recruits, legacies, etc - aka people that get a “leg up” in admissions for non-academic reasons. So really, if you aren’t a legacy or sports recruit, you aught to have SAT scores a good bit above the school’s average to make yourself competitive amongst other applicants hoping to get in off of academics.</p>
<p>also, like the above poster wisely notes, ECs are paramount.</p>
<p>from personal experience, i had a 760-770-770 SAT, and was deferred then accepted to Dartmouth. Ivy League admissions is a bit of a crapshoot - your daughter should definitely still apply wherever she wants, but if possible I’d dissuade her from having her heart set on an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>Those stats are vanilla as all get out. No one is impressed or compelled by SATs anyway. They are simple, preliminary litmus tests. What is going to make a difference for your daughter is whether she can demonstrate through recs, essays and resume that she is leading the field in the country in some endeavor, academic or otherwise. National chess champion, USAMO, published poet, NJCL 1st place, Olymipc medalist, etc.
My friends and I all had 2300+ SATs. Over half of us got into Stanford/MIT/Caltech/IvyLeague/Swarthmore, but the half that didn’t was the half lacking any of the above distinctions.</p>
<p>I had a 690 on the math section of my SATs, come from a public school, and had no “national distinctions,” and I was accepted to Dartmouth (and Swarthmore). I had a lot of consistent ec’s with some leadership, great teacher recs and spent a lot of time making sure my application/essay was completed well. Make sure she doesn’t short-change herself with a rushed application, that will pay off more than super high SATs. Good luck to her! :)</p>
<p>My SAT scores were 770 M, 700 CR, 740 W, and I got accepted. Don’t worry too much about SAT scores. Once you get up into the 700’s, you should turn your focus to grades, achievements, and extracurriculars (with an emphasis on leadership positions). Your daughter should work in a lab, start/join a non-profit, or try some other endeavor related to her career goals or interests.</p>