<p>I am finishing up my junior year and hoping to finally be done with these entrance exams! Yale has been a dream of mine for a very long time (which isn't exactly unique on CC LOL). My SAT subject tests scores are Math Level 2: 800 and US History: 760. My SAT I combined is 2190. I'm going to retake the SAT in June. Do you my subject tests balance out my relatively lower SAT? Do you know of anyone accepted with a 2190?</p>
<p>First off, see Yale’s Common Data Set, C9 Data: <a href=“http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/CDS2013_2014.pdf”>http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/CDS2013_2014.pdf</a></p>
<p>25th percentile SAT: CR = 710, M = 710, W = 720 </p>
<p>What that means is that 75% of Yale’s admitted students had at least one of those scores, but not necessarily all of them. For example, a student who had a 710 in CR, could have had an 800 in math and a 750 in writing etc. </p>
<p>That doesn’t really tell you much, so I prefer to look at the ACT data, because it paints a clearer picture of a competitive applicant’s test scores. Using the ACT/SAT concordance table (<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html</a>), a 31 ACT, which is Yale’s 25th percentile, translates to a range of 2020–2070 SAT.</p>
<p>So, your translated SAT score of 2190 is just above a 31 ACT, which means that about 75% of Yale’s accepted students had a higher SAT score than you. So, you are currently at the lowish end of being a competitive applicant with your SAT scores. Lots of student’s are accepted with that score</p>
<p>Secondly, high SAT Subject do not make up for lowish SAT, as each is used to calculate your Academic Index: <a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm</a></p>
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<p>Color me confused. Are you saying that a 2190 SAT is just above a 2020-2070? Am I misreading this?</p>
<p>My read is that a 2190 corresponds roughly with an ACT of 33, which falls between the 25th percentile (31) and 75th percentile (35).</p>
<p>^^ You’re correct. I had a senior moment (or need new glasses) and was reading the 2190 as a 2090. My apologies. The OP’s SAT score translates to a 33ACT, so they would seem to be in Yale’s middle 50%.</p>
<p>Thanks; I thought I must have been the one with a senior moment. I’ve been using the 3 reading glasses multi-pack for $15 at CVS – they don’t last that long, but they’re cheaper than Kong chew toys for the dog 
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<p>@Hemingwayfan </p>
<p>My advice would be to retake the SAT I and score as high as you can and stop thinking about it. I got in with only a 2000 super score.</p>
<p>Op,
I know someone attending Yale with approx. 1900 SAT. Don’t know if this person has additional hooks, though. No hooks were obviously apparent to me, but still may have one that I don’t know of.</p>
<p>^ I find this strange. I never knew the scores/GPAs of ANY of my fellow Yalies the entire four years I was there. They could have been perfect scorers or barrel bottom scrapers – I wouldn’t have known.</p>
<p>@T26E4, I agree. My son and I were having a conversation after his HS graduation today, and he remarked that nobody would be interested in his SAT scores for the rest of his life. I reminded him that it was true, unless and until he seeks employment in a company that uses the information for hiring decisions.</p>