<p>I'm surprised that several people actually said a 1700 was a competitive score for "top schools."</p>
<p>1700 averages to less than 600 per section! I'm sorry, but that is NOT competitive at any top school.</p>
<p>Uh, can someone answer my question in post 7?</p>
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Let's say you have a person with a 650-700 SAT (in this situation, it would probably be because of stupid mistakes). BUT, they're able to make it to the USAMO (USA Math Olympiad), where only 400 people in the country can make it. How would that work?</p>
<p>Because a 650 isn't really that good of a score for someone who wants to get into a top college. But getting into the USAMO is very hard.
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<p>A person can score well enough on the AMC and AIME to qualify for the USAMO, yet somehow has difficulty breaking 700 on the SAT Math section?</p>
<p>So, this person is well-acquainted with geometry, number theory, and combinatorics, but can't solve high school Algebra II problems?</p>
<p>Unless this person is you, such an individual does NOT exist.</p>
<p>If this person is you, then being a USAMO participant is well in your favor. It's hard to do, and it may not offset a (relatively) low SAT Math score, but it is uncommon and worthy of consideration.</p>
<p>^^Plenty of mathematicians have trouble with simple arithmetic/careless errors. You have to be very careful to score well on the SAT. (Of course you have to be careful on the AMC/AIME too, but since there's a higher ceiling scores depend more on intelligence than on caution.)</p>
<p>Every time I look at these SAT threads, I always feel a sudden urge to practise a few questions.</p>
<p>I don’t agree with what these people are saying. I actually know A LOT of people from my school (granted, I go to a EXTREMELY difficult private school, so SAT’s might not be weighted as much) who have gotten 1700’s and have gone to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale…etc.</p>
<p>This thread is more than two years old.</p>
<p>^ LOL 10char</p>
<p>this is like raping a dead body. DON’T REVIVE 2 YEAR OLD THREADS. lol especially not so nonchalantly.</p>
<p>oh whoops, i didn’t even notice that…sorrryyyyyyy lolllllzzz</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure if you can do something like cure cancer, HYPS will let you in with a 1700. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>It seems like Stanford and MIT don’t care about your scores, once they pass the 2200 threshold…</p>
<p>^I disagree. Seems like Stanford cares more for overall awesomeness than it does for high SAT scores. And regardless of what anyone on here believes, a 2200 is a high SAT score.</p>
<p>1700 on two parts. lololol</p>
<p>Yay for FORUM NECROMANCY.</p>
<p>If you get a 1700, your chance of getting into a top school like HYPS is roughly less than 1%. Possible, but EXTREMELY unlikely. You had better have some hell f a life story to make up for it. If you want to be competitive, 2200+ is what you need. 2100 is the bare minimum.</p>
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<p>I’d disagree. I’m not 100% sure if people who are Asian and White (Chinese father born in America and Hungarian mother born there) are considered URMs but my neighbors are. The eldest went to Stanford, and the two girls go to Harvard. I know the youngest best and her SAT scores were about 2200 (there’s a Newsweek video somewhere about her if you’re really interested). I genuinely consider her to be an amazing person who is not only extremely intelligent but also incredibly giving and talented, so maybe she was exceptional in that way (insane volunteer activities, leader, tutor, dancer until her genetics led to injury, etc., etc.) and “got around” her score because of that.
My sister had higher SAT scores than she did and was rejected from Cornell, where she is legacy as it is our mother’s alma mater. (Btw, the neighbor is also legacy there through both of her parents). There are basically no firm rules when one has great credentials and is applying to colleges this high up. Yale will reject you but Harvard will accept you or vice versa. It seems almost random.</p>