<p>I am a High school senior in Ghana, west Africa. Because of the big final exam coming , I was not able to write the SAT II. But I took the Sat I and made Carleton my first choice. I was admitted on ED 1. Here are my scores.
Math 600
Reading 500
Writing 640</p>
<p>Grades made up of mostly Cs.
And I was put on the Kellogg International Scholarship.
Dont feel anxious if your decision has not come yet.with MY PROFILE, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.</p>
<p>Hard to believe what you have said. Is this a joke or a prank? I am sure that there are Carleton people who work in the admission office and are active on CC. They can clarify your case if they want to.</p>
<p>Admissions has more to do with than test scores that you Americans are so obsessed about. I can boast of my strengths in a different field. Creative writing.</p>
<p>Your posts seem like an exercise in creative writing, thatniceGH.</p>
<p>Don’t know what to say to you guys. You must be jealous . Carleton saw something in me that you can’t see. Anyway for those who get in, see you there on September 6.</p>
<p>What was the point of this post? Are you shocked that you got in with such poor scores or trying to show off that you got in with poor scores? Are you trying to encourage others to bot give up regardless of how impossible things may seem? </p>
<p>Creative writing? In this economy? You wont have much to brag about in 5-6 years. Trust me. Humble yourself.</p>
<p>I am sorry for any arrogance I may have shown. I just wanted to remind people that college admissions are more flexible than the myth holds. Sorry if I got on your nerves.</p>
<p>Hey, congratulations thatniceGH! To quell any animosity that’s fostering here, I think everyone’s just as surprised as you are that Carleton accepted you based on their general trend of SAT/ACT scores. I’m sure they wanted someone like you, and although I applied Regular Decision to Carleton, I wish you good luck on your future ventures as a Knight!</p>
<p>I don’t know whether this is for real or not, it does seem suspect. But I do wonder sometimes whether some of the elite schols are as hard to get into as adverstised. As my kids go through it (I am on kid #3), it does seem like many/most schools game the system to make thier stats look better. For example, I did not know that the common app allows an applicant to at least some schools to let the admissions counselor decide whether SATs will be submitted. So, the school has the option to admit a kid but not report their SAT scores as having been submitted if they will bring down the averages. I don’t know whether Carleton has that option, so this post may be out of place. But I do think that sometimes the stats are misleading in terms of how hard it is to get in.</p>
<p>Oh, I’d believe the OP could be admitted with those test scores, which are above average in math and writing, especially if there are special circumstances. This, however? </p>
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<p>Yeah, not so much.</p>
<p>Either way, though, I doubt any applicants with C averages and 1740 SATS are going to decide that Carleton is a match school based on this post.</p>
<p>The discussion here seems to be distracted by the “not-so-great” SAT scores presented by the OP. As mflevity pointed out, what surprised me most is not the less-than-stellar SAT scores, but the average C grade. The admission office can be lenient toward the international students on their performance of the standard tests for there are so many factors that may work against their advantage. However, all the selective colleges will seriously examine the applicants’ transcripts with emphasis on the rigor of the courses taken. It is not necessary to get straight As but a lot of Cs will certainly cause some kind of concern. An international student may be admitted to a selective college with mediocre stats, but with the Carleton scholarship? It just seems too good to be true by common sense. </p>
<p>Anyway, it is not surprising to see “unreasonable” results of college admission. Every year many well-qualified students are waitlisted or rejected by highly-ranked schools. Some students gleefully go to the schools they thought beyond their reach. A few are humiliated by the rejection from their safety schools. The point is, what a student will accomplish in college counts much more than where he/she gets to start.</p>
<p>I have heard those with SAT Reasoning in 1700s and 1800s getting into quite good schools, top-tier and with full financial aid… However, this is the only time I am hearing a ‘C’ student do that… and that frankly befuddles me …</p>
<p>However, there may be some EC (creative writing, as OP said) and some extenuating circumstances… Any way, if that is true, Congratulations to OP…</p>
<p>If this is true, then Gosh Almighty! Congrats! That’ll give a lot of people some hope. The college admissions system is getting less and less predictable. I’m sure some of some of these elite, top-tier schools have basically public/state school standard professors and courses and are really selective and get by with their well-known names. But wow, good luck!</p>
<p>Uh No! The school is too small. The population is too large. Your knowledge of probablity theory is zero.</p>
<p>Look, even if true (with the OP have established an ID for solely this thread) there is little one can extrapolate from the posted claims given this sample size of 1. See no reason to argue these points.</p>
<p>Unless, perhaps, you too happen to be applying from Ghana!
:)</p>
<p>I believe you. Congrats! CC is tough on people sometimes. They see a 1700 SAT and scream, “community college!” Carleton is one of my top choices too. Maybe I will see you next year!</p>
<p>Hearing of the OP’s success with Carleton really gives me hope! I am a very unique applicant with many terrific strengths and real weaknesses (1620 composite SAT). I hope Carleton will consider me holistically.</p>
<p>If it is not a ■■■■■, the CDS for the school would put him in the bottom 5% for all three parts of the SAT. In addition, they list 100% of their students as being in the top half of the graduating class. Is this possible with mostly C grades??? Draw your own conclusions…</p>
<p>[Carleton</a> College: Institutional Research and Assessment: Common Data Set (CDS)](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ira/basic_carleton_data/CDS1/]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ira/basic_carleton_data/CDS1/)</p>
<p>If you apply from Ghana, you’re probably gonna get in. Don’t get you’re hopes up unless you’re from a similar country.</p>
<p>Major congrats. I do believe this is a true post. Several points that may have helped this applicant from Ghana including Early Decision. I do know others who have been accepted into top LACs in the midwest and south with SATs around 1800. Remember these are not disastrous scores compared to the general population. Let’s be happy for GH and hope this is legitimate.</p>