<p>SAT1 of 2300-2400, SAT 2: 700-800 for each subject
AP's in Calculus AB, posslibly microeconomics or macroeconomics, English Literature, French Language, Physics C, Chemistry
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
rank: top 10-20%
Anime Society for 3 years, leader for 2 years
French Exchange Program in junior year
Young Achievers Award Business program, Public Relations manager
Debating for 5 years
Sydneian (school annual book editing commitee) for 2 years
Computer Club for 5 years
Seymour Philharmonic chamber orchestra 1st violins for 4 years
OR
(Seymour Philharmonic chamber orchestra 1st violins for 2 years and
School Orchestra (top in the school) for 2 years)
Learning violin for 7 years (if that counts)
Soccer for 3 years
Basketball for 2 years
Karate for 2 years
International Student from Australia
Ethnicity: Vietnamese</p>
<p>i dont know your chances but let me just say your user name is .. interesting</p>
<p>thanx. I'm not twisted at all...lol</p>
<p>Learning violin for 7 years </p>
<p>that's cute, i'm sure they'll be impressed.</p>
<p>nothing that says "look at me!"</p>
<p>True, statics. But you have to concede that her SAT, if it really is 2300+, is pretty solid. Especially if you reach 2350 range. </p>
<p>How can you have a 4.0uw GPA (meaning perfect grades) and not be in the top 10? Top 10-20% means you must have some not-A's. EC's are very mediocre. </p>
<p>Write some damn good essays and you'll stand a chance, but a small one. Stanford regularly rejects students with better stats than you.</p>
<p>zephyr, you know as much as I do that having stellar test scores aren't going to get you in. At least it doesn't hurt having them. But there needs to be more than grades and scores. Remember the intangibles? I got in with a 1360.</p>
<p>True, but as your SAT score gets higher, the probability of acceptance increases so having a high SAT score does, in fact, give you a better chance at gaining admission. </p>
<p><a href="http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/hoxby/papers/revealedprefranking.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/hoxby/papers/revealedprefranking.pdf</a> (Pg 7-9)</p>
<p>statics, your ECs, Awards, etc. were particularly outstanding which is why you got accepted even with a low SAT score where as the vast majority of applicants with your score would have been rejected. I suspect only a handful of students with SAT I score in the 1300-1400 range would have been accepted.</p>
<p>I agree statics. But having a really good SAT <em>can</em> make up for lacking qualities in other categories. Having a 2380 (for example) might make up for weaker recommendations or boring essays. Fetus's EC's are not THAT bad by any means, so a really high SAT might earn an RD admit after EA-deferred. But that is just my opinion, and I cannot profess to know everything. I didn't even get into my first choice. lol</p>
<p>But yes, you're right. If the EC's are really that far below average, then a really high SAT probably cannot save you. Stanford more than HYP likes to look for balanced students with more than just grades and scores and the EC's/essays/recs are very important for Stanford.</p>
<p>Inuendo, the article you quoted seems to be saying that when colleges play the rankings game sometimes having a better SAT score <em>doesn't</em> lead to an increased chance of admittance and in fact, hurts your chances. They argued that adcoms wanted to admit students who weren't as likely to get admitted at other top schools so that their marticulation rate would improve. They gave the example of Princeton, where the chances of admission went <em>down</em> from the 93rd to 98th percentile scores on the SAT. Interesting article.</p>