<p>How low of a score on the ACT, or SAT for that matter, do you think a person can get to be accepted to Yale?</p>
<p>I do not have the best ACT score, but I like being optimistic. I was wondering what other people thought.</p>
<p>Theoretically speaking, it’s possible for someone with a score of 0 on either to get into Yale. Obviously, it’s not likely because someone who did extremely poorly on a standardized test will not perform up to the standards at Yale.</p>
<p>The point is, a low ACT/SAT score is not instant rejection. You can get it based on other merits.</p>
<p>depends on your other factors. don’t be so quick to count yourself out… but also be realistic. are you a URM? a recruited athlete? a national/international award winner for something? then i would say that a low sat/act score would be okay for those cases, but for the most part, if you are a ORM or an unhooked applicant, i would say that SAT/ACT’s usually will count you out.</p>
<p>Wow I just realized I failed horribly at the title lol. Let’s just pretend the 2nd “can” is “go” for now on.</p>
<p>perhaps silly questions, but what’s a URM and an ORM?</p>
<p>And KidfromVirginia: Yep. I’m Hispanic, and I’ve won state, national, and international awards for my research. I know I should be realistic, and I truly am, but I always like staying positive.</p>
<p>URM: Under-represented Minority
ORM: Over-represented Minority</p>
<p>It’s okay, I was wondering the same thing when I came on here lol.</p>
<p>Nothing like CC lingo. I catch myself sometimes in school almost saying HYP, but then I realize I’m not on CC.</p>
<p>Hispanic? Well what was your score?</p>
<p>29 on the ACT. I know it’s way below Yale’s average. I know that people probably won’t know this, but how will colleges take in consideration the student’s high school profile. The average act score in my school is 18.</p>
<p>Based on the information you just disclosed, I think you’re making it worse than it is. Your URM status and your research awards will help you much more than a 29 on the ACT will hurt you.</p>
<p>^^^^^the average sat score for my school is 1410… out of 2400…</p>
<p>^Lol, 1350 in my school.</p>
<p>^^^ is that a good thing, a bad thing, or a nothing… thing? Like, if they see that the rest of your school is stupid, do they think you must be stupid? Or does it make you look smart in comparison? Or do they neither look nor care…</p>
<p>If you go to a bad school, they only expect you to be excel relative to the rest of your school. You don’t have as many resources and stuff as something from a better school, and that’s not your fault.</p>
<p>They will view your application in context, but that works both ways.</p>
<p>For SATs/ACTs, sure if you’re way higher than your peers it looks great.</p>
<p>For GPA/rank, it’s less impressive to be valedictorian with a 4.0 at a school where only half the kids go to college.</p>
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<p>^Lol, greaaaat. That wasn’t something I wanted to think about.</p>
<p>^Haha, I mean as a valedictorian you can’t physically do any better, so you’re in a great position. </p>
<p>But if someone wants to play the “resources” card and make excuses for his SATs, then his GPA must be taken in context as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, I get what you’re saying. I don’t want to belittle my own achievement as rank #1, but my school is not…the most competitive school out there.</p>
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