<p>I just saw an interview with duke admissions officer, Christoph Guttentag and he said that Duke has no minimum Sat score. Does that mean that someone with like a 1030 or 1100 sat can get in? Do you guys actually believe that or is it a bunch of bull?</p>
<p>[Duke</a> University in Durham, North Carolina](<a href=“Appily”>Appily)</p>
<p>Look at the scatter plot at the bottom of the page to get an idea …</p>
<p>“No minimum SAT score” just means that Duke won’t automatically reject you if your SAT score is below a certain threshold. Is it theoretically possible that someone with a 1030 can get in? Sure, if the rest of his or her application is absolutely amazing. Is it likely? Not at all.</p>
<p>you mean a 1030 out of 2400? If so then you have a 0.0000000000000000001% chance</p>
<p>those aren’t even my stats. I applied to wake forest and tufts. the 1030 or 1100 would just be math and verbal not with writing.</p>
<p>It isn’t a bunch of bull. I knew people with scores that low. I knew people with scores below that (out of 1600). The SAT is one measure, and if you have a 4.0 (or close to it, unweighted) along with a great story and EC, then you have a chance.</p>
<p>I’d completely second Funkyhamster but I’d add that even while Duke may no use score cutoffs while admitting students (thus, the ‘no minimum’ policy), a large majority of its students fall within a certain range. It’s entirely plausible for a student to be admitted with a 1100 or 1030 (oddly specific choices if they’re not your actual scores, by the way) as alt_living has mentioned but such a student is far better off retaking if he has the time (and if he doesn’t, speculating about whether he’ll still be admitted is a little futile).</p>
<p>If you are a “URM” you would probably get in. You may fail miserably after getting in,but what the heck, at least you may get a shot. Hard to believe someone could be pulling a 4.0 (with actually challenging courses), with SAT scores in that range. Not impossible, but very unlikely.</p>
<p>do you really believe that a urm with a 1030 is likelyto get into duke? doubt it.</p>
<p>PS SAT is a crap test. it only measures how hard you studied for the exam, not how smart or talented you are. I have friends with significantly lower SAT scores who are doing better than some who shelled the cash to buy their way to a high score…</p>
<p>actually, i myself am in the middle range of my school’s sat range for matriculants, yet im in the top quarter in terms of gpa.</p>
<p>gpa is all about discipline and work ethic… plus preperation in hs and which courses you choose to take… it has nothing to do with your SAT score.</p>
<p>poor gpa + SAT is a recipe for disaster though… lol</p>
<p>justthedad,</p>
<p>First of all the people I knew were white, upper-middle class, students. So this URM junk that is constantly circulated around, is exactly that, junk. You think that Duke would drop their standards so much that a 1030 is a “likely” to get in because you are an URM? Not a chance.</p>
<p>I will take a quick second to address this URM issue, just because it is always upsets me. If you are truly the parent of a Duke student, or of a student applying to college, then please do your child a favor and stop making excuses. I have met too many parents that blame URM for their child not being accepted into a school. I hear it all the time, and I find it absurd. I have met several URM at Duke and in my graduate school later in life and I haven’t met one that wasn’t hard working and near the top of their class. Using URM as an excuse makes your child believe that they are being cheated, when in fact, they are competing against everyone, and most likely an URM did not take your spot, but rather a fellow white student did.</p>
<p>Now that I am done with that, I will finish by saying that someone with a low SAT score will not necessarily struggle in school. An SAT is one gauge, and a terrible one at that (and this is coming from someone who did well on their SATs, so I wish they were more of a gauge). </p>
<p>Hope you are not offended by this post, but don’t fall victim to the SAT hoopla.</p>
<p>well said, atl_living!</p>
<p>Maybe 1030 is an extreme, but looking around my high school, there are many URMs with the same stats as I do, but the colleges they are looking at are far more selective. Yet, to address justthedad, colleges will never take an under qualified student to their school. All the students they accept meet the standards to succeed. </p>
<p>good luck to everyone</p>
<p>Sure 1030 is extreme, my point is take the data posted in the decision threads (Ed, reg, and likely), take the numbers and data posted, stick it in a spreadsheet, sort and draw your own conclusion. I took it across all the top universities for last yr and this year(so far). Obviously the scope is narrow by actual posters, however there seems to be a strong correlation pointing to different standards. Check for yourself.</p>
<p>justthedad,</p>
<p>Plugging data into an excel spreadsheet will rarely give you an idea of what a college is looking for. Are you accounting for extracurriculars? What about athletes? Musicians? Legacy? Essays? Letters of recommendation?</p>
<p>When people say that the SAT is one, and only one, aspect of the admissions process they are being honest. An SAT is one data point. Keep in mind that correlation does not (and never will) indicate causation.</p>
<p>I highly doubt anyone with scores that low could get in without an incredible connection or varsity athlete status.
Some people mention EC’s as possibly being capable of getting someone with such low stats in, but I’m skeptical. Maybe if they’d climbed Mount Everest and then taught kids in wheel chairs to climb it.</p>
<p>irishevan,</p>
<p>I can assure you that students with scores that low do get in. Not many, but they do, and without connections.</p>