<p>I'm applying to two Ivy leagues, and I'm wondering if a 1510 is not considered a detriment there, i.e. sure it'd be better to have a higher score but a 1500+ pretty much fufills the SAT requirement.</p>
<p>Your score is probably below average for Caltech admits...</p>
<p>I have a 1510 so I'm wondering the same thing. Is this good enough for Ivies?</p>
<p>It's very good- pure gold if you have a great hook</p>
<p>I'd say it's good enough to get the rest of your application a fair reading at the Ivies. While it won't get you in--even a 1600 won't do that, as evidenced by the decision threads on the Ivies--it certainly won't keep you out.</p>
<p>1500+ puts you in a nice safety zone just about everywhere; no college is going to write off a score like that as too low to consider you for admission. I wouldn't worry.</p>
<p>1500+ is great anywhere.</p>
<p>to be honest, 1400+ is good, you just need to have other things going for you. scores really arent what the kids on this site make it up to be,unfortunately its just that a lot of them only have their scores going for them.</p>
<p>C'mon I've seen 1600s get rejected and I've seen 1200s get accepted.</p>
<p>exactly. scores arent everything. especially when they come from the sats, the worst indicator of academic prowess. haha i dont know hwy i trash talk scores so much, since mine are quite excellent, but ppl put too much emphasis on them here.</p>
<p>I agree filmxoxo17. Still, a major discrepency between one's GPA, class rank, and SAT scores is a waving red flag. If one's SATs are very high relative to oen's GPA and one's class rank confirms the GPA as being mediocre, colleges will be reluctant to accept. They'll assume you're a slacking prodigee. Every permutation of SAT/GPA/RANK abnormality raises its own questions about a student.</p>