<p>asian males have it bad. </p>
<p>an asian 2400 is like a white 2250 or a black 2000. </p>
<p>Aim for 2400 for an average asian score or apply to a school without discrimination against smart people like public schools. I got a 2390 and i dun think I got a chance at privates cause of AA.</p>
<p>The reality is really something different. There are some students who will get accepted purely on intelligence. That is their hook. They have pefect or near perfect SAT scores and are perhaps number one in their class BUT have also won intel or have published their scientific theories in medical journals, and have a number of International and or National Awards to put them in an academic category by themselves. Then there are the applicants who have perfect or near perfect SAT scores and are perhaps their valevictorian who have no unusual extra curriculars but who have ordinary leadership, but who slip in during regular decision when the school wants to increase the median SAT scores having taken a lot of recruited athletes, minorities, legacies with lower numbers, or the school is trying to increase the geographical representation of an area.
However, where an applicant applies who has extraordinary passion, talent, accomplishment in a particular area or areas so that the applicant stands out from amongst the majority of applicants has excellent grades, teacher recs, rigor of curriculum ect, it does not matter that the applicant has a 1480 or whatever.
There is no such think as an applicant has a 1400 and does not get a second look. There are a lot of high school students who see the only one getting in from their school having a 1580 and being number one in their class but otherwise have your basic President of Debate, Editor in Chief of the newspaper ect. Yes, some of these students get accepted, but many wind up at schools where numbers are the most important thing like Washington University in St. Louis. If you look at those who post on that site on cc, every single student going regular decision looks very similar to the others.
There are tons of students getting accepted into hyp with 1400 and above (with great teacher recs, grades, rigor of curriculum) who have done interesting, unusual and extraordinary things showing great passion over years and great talent accomplishment. These are really the applicants those schools are looking for. Those who think otherwise are applicants who have almost perfect scores or are striving for them thinking that is what will get them accepted.</p>
<p>what ACT score is the equivalent of an SAT 1400, and taking this X score from the ACT is it weighted as heavily as the SAT?</p>
<p>google it, iloveschool</p>
<p>and yes, ACT and SAT are weighted pretty much the same</p>
<p>From my experience, I'd say it can be summed up in a short phrase: "College admissions officers know their stuff." One thing that they know is that standardized tests have margins of error--if two candidates are within the margin of error, they'll begin to concentrate on other factors to differentiate them. A difference of 50-100 points is generally not statistically significant. Taking the test a lot of times reduces the error (and they're note naive about that either).</p>
<p>I agree with collegebound5 the most.</p>
<p>Your hook is everything.</p>