I was thinking Skidmore to be a safety. Even trinity. but didn’t get into either of them!
I think athletes with special achievements even if they are internationals. I heard that offered position to someone if gets at least 1800 SAT
To internationals? They maybe Intel finalists. How many of us are Intel finalists or semi finalists?
None. Wild guess. XD
@intellectboy Lol there’s no way an intel finalist has that low of a sat score.
Low SAT score MIGHT be the result of lack of opportunities or hardships. Who knows? But generally those people have exceptional stories to tell which make them special.
In my personal experience, I come from a family with very poor financial circumstances, and I scored a decent SAT score. Perhaps they DO take stories into account, but in all honesty, this year has resulted in unexpected decision results across the board; this year is what they mean by crapshoot. A good story with a decent SAT may not = balanced chances, just like a great SAT with average story = balanced chances.
In the end, what’s done is done. I’m trying my best not to dwell in what I COULD have done. Decisions have most likely been made already. Just relax and hope for the best.
Agreed @schroscat ! That’s the best course of action that we should all do. Remember, it’s a committee’s decision! That could mean that you have people who rooted for you and advocated for your profile!
@hola1997 Well…technically, committee is if you make it past the regional adcom (at least that’s what I’ve been told) But, yes! Some may sympathize with my application, whereas others may not see my story as an excuse for a lower SAT score. It’s an extremely subjective process, and with so many applicants, the competition will be tough.
I think we all need to remember that a rejection is nothing against us. It does not mean we aren’t good enough; it means that fate–whether or not you believe in it–did not work for that particular school. I’ve learned, slowly but surely, that I will be accepted to where I am supposed to be accepted to. We will ALL end up where God or whatever force that compels everything (star wars’ force, the electron cloud, pure luck, statistics, college confidential chance me’s, etc etc etc) deems it to be.
@schroscat : Aye, I couldn’t frame it better. I was talking about the committee because I would assume that the majority of us who applied on CC has the credentials and made the first cut. 
But of course, admission past that level is like marketing (a.k.a subjective), it’s about how you SELL yourself in front of 40 people. This definitely some real life experiences before we even enter the work place after college. And yes, I agree that fate and luck play a role too and that after all, people with many more years of experience will certainly know better than us where we will fit the best.
@hola1997 I’m just hoping that my enthusiasm and unhealthy obsession with Harvard will serve as an advantage for me. But, then again, who knows?
Just a bit of math here… if there are 37,300 applicants (like last year) and 2,080 admits, then there are a total of 1.59x10^3483 different sets of decisions that Harvard could make. Yes, that’s 10^3483… 1 with 3483 zeros after it. To put this number into perspective, there are approximately only 10^79 atoms in the entire universe.
It’s a big, big world out there, and I feel like some of us are underestimating how big 37,000 truly is. For example, if every Harvard applicant last year made only one comment on this thread, this thread would be 2,488 pages long. That’s how big it is.
Not to scare you guys though… 
@Chanceno maybe you are too good for Skidmore 
do not lose hope. I know someone who was rejected by tufts, but accepted by Princeton at the end. Her SAT is in the 2100s. btw, I totally understand where you come from as an international student myself. *sigh
@azwu331 : Assuming that everyone who applied is excellent in his/her own way. After the original cut, making decision is slightly less difficult. But of course 37,000 is a huge number! That’s why they employ students to help sort the files and help with the first cut!
Really? I would think that the first cut is the easiest because you can eliminate the people with scores and such that are clearly below what they are looking for and things like that. After that stage, things become much more subjective
That’s what I’ve been saying @TheWaffleMan149 . The first cut is the easiest because it’s based on stats such as GPA and SAT, ACT. Except for some special cases, most will be eliminated if they do not meet the threshold. Funnily, you will never know why you were rejected but you can kinda know how you got accepted based on requesting FERPA files to be released to you to see comments from adcoms.
My understanding is that grad students and other interested people read some of the applications.
I’m an Intel winner and yeah, no way you can be one with < 1800 SAT as far as I know.
@Anonymoose3 : wow that’s cool! Did you win the grand prize or were you a finalist? Just curious!
Do you like moose @Anonymoose3 ?