<p>true...fine... I will stop asking before this thread and all of CC fall into its characteristic bashing...</p>
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<p>It is not bashing.</p>
<p>OKAY! Just pretend that my posts are invisible..please.</p>
<p>Okay, I have a strange way of figuring out a "reformulated" SAT score based on your school. You take the average of the nation (1028) and from that subtract your school's score (mine is 879). So, my school is in a "pointage debt" of 149 points compared to the nation. Add that to your score (lets say you get a 1300, you would get a 1449[1450 rounded]) to get a "reformulated" score. </p>
<p>If your school has a surplus (like, 1179 is one near me), you do: 1028-1179=
-151. Add that to your score (1300, again) and you have 1149.</p>
<p>This isn't scientific, but I think it can help give you an idea of a decent score from your school to HAVE A CHANCE, not guarentee admission.</p>
<p>runningncircles2, that is actually very intelilgent. Thank you! I bet colleges do it like that, only not so extreme (i.e. they probably only add/subtract half of the point difference, or maybe even less).</p>
<p>Thanks, zogoto.</p>
<p>if they do anything of the sort, i bet it would be closer to using standard deviations to rescale them. and even then no one is goin gto let in all the 1180's in from compton just b/c the avg is 750.</p>
<p>Well, I said it wasn't scientific. It's just a simple formula to get a grasp of where one is in comparison to his or her school and then against the applicant pool. You're probably right... they probably use something a bit more complex if anything at all.</p>
<p>apfreak what you have done is truly impressive and i understand your anxiety but understand that you have a great chance. just to keep things into perspective, for the class of 2009 a hispanic valedectorian with a 1500 from an under performing area got rejected, and an african american with a 4.0 ad 14something got rejected from hyp</p>
<p>WOW! Either his courseload must have not been so tough to make hime valedictorian or his essays and interview must have went bad....that is surprising...but I think I have something that they want...there is quite a bit more about me than I can tell on this site...and before people start telling me to "omg..shut already". However, it deals with the hispanic activist thing. Maybe the rejected guy was just to mellow and not aggressive. It is my belief that if there are only going to be 30 something Puerto Ricans then every last one should have a lasting impression on the school and speak and work with potentcy...just like all harvard acceptees although those chosen among the 30 something group of PRs should be chosen carefully and not too much on scores... but as future leaders of the hispanic community...</p>
<p>apfreak, are you hispanic? Puerto rican?</p>
<p>There must be special circumstances for the person who scores 1200 or below to get in HYP such as big contribution of money, fame, major challenges like disability or cancer, and limited resources. It is very unlikely for him to get in, but it isn't impossible.</p>
<p>Zogoto I am Puerto Rican. Man...I just checked the updated stats at Harvard website and it says that accepted Puerto Ricans consist of 1.2% of the freshmen class of 2009. That is just above native americans that consist 0.9% of the 2000 (estimate) freshmen class. This means that there are only a 25 Puerto Ricans...is that good...seriously...how many truly applied ... there'd have to be less than 100 apps EA....wow....how few.....:(</p>
<p>What's your SAT apfreak? Around 1800?</p>
<p>i dont think there was anything wrong with their essays and recs since they got into other equally competitive schools, it was just that harvard was looking for something else. a 1500 and 4.0 doesnt make you smart and a 1420 and a 3.6 doesnt make you dumb. with more than 80% of students ready to do the work, something else has to give them a pull. and the evaluation is truly on an individual basis- last year (09) a cousin applied from pakistan he had bad grades in school (F's C's and D's good o level results though), BAD essays and he was waitlisted, harvard was interested and requested a second interview with him but he declined and didnt stay on the waitlist.</p>
<p>where did he go ultimately?</p>
<p>i am not sure maybe london school of economics (which only cares about o's and a's)</p>
<p>I wonder what made him stand out...to make harvard interested</p>
<p>no hooks (not-urm, no amazing ecs, no wealthy parents). all i learnt from him is that everyone really has a shot</p>
<p>maguo1- Its annoying that you, and other posters, always seem to have the opinion that being Native American will get you in. As Northstarmom pointed out, that's not the case. In terms of other facts, not opinions, over 200 Native Americans applied last year and 21 were accepted. 13 matriculated. That's an acceptance rate of 10.5%...only slightly higher than Harvard's overall acceptance rate of 9%. So please don't make uninformed statements that all Native Americans get in because what you're really saying is that there aren't any or many smart Natives...disparaging those of us who are here and are smart. BTW I don't know any Native Americans here with a 1200...</p>