Is a 2020 a solid, good score?

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<p>Hi everyone;</p>

<p>I took my first SAT in January, and my scores were as follows:</p>

<p>640 math
640 CR
740 writing, and 11 on the essay</p>

<p>= 2020.</p>

<p>I'm obviously not talking CC standards, where everyone is in the 99th percentile and debating retaking 2370's (no offense haha, those are great scores), but I mean as far as the rest of the world. what's your opinion on my scores? it's obviously not harvard material, but what about Boston College, Boston U, UNC, etc.?</p>

<p>Sorry for the rather trite and open question, but like I said this is my first SAT and am not sure what to make of my scores.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>A 2020 coupled with like good EC's and GPA would lead to this probably:</p>

<p>BC: Defer...
BU: In
UNC: In if in state, reject if out of state</p>

<p>I am glad for someone to be about where I am (202 PSAT) =D</p>

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<p>don't worry about it, i got a 2050, and i'm freaking ecstatic. At school today i felt great talking about my scores, but when i got on here, I felt dumb.</p>

<p>Just don't worry about it.</p>

<p>BC: unsure, they have like 5% admission
BU: IN
UNC: i think you have it with a good GPA</p>

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<p>thanks for the responses!</p>

<p>i didn't necessarily specifically mean BC, BU and UNC per se, but rather i'm familiar with the caliber of those schools and can somewhat begin to apply my score to the possibilities of admission at any of those schools (or ones of similar caliber)...i hope that makes sense!</p>

<p>thanks a lot for the replies, i'd love to hear more thoughts if anyone has any!</p>

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<p>Not only is it a good score, but it's good vision!</p>

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<p>you should aim for at least 2100! now that you can take the SAT as many times now its all good :)</p>

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<p>ahh i got a 2020 too (:
except it's not that high for the kids at my school :(
but oh well. i don't wanna take the sats again;i think i'll start studying for those acts...</p>

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<p>It's a good score don't let other people tell you otherwise. It is 93%ish percentile which is very good. </p>

<p>Anything over 2000 is respectable and unless you're applying to the ivies (or something similar), you have a good shot anywhere you apply to.</p>

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<p>yes 2000+ is very respectable.</p>

<p>I think 1800 is where good scores begin.</p>

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<p>You just made me feel so much better "determined".
I got a 1820 and I wasn't feeling so thrilled about it (compared to everyone else here).
I'm aiming for a 2000+ next time.</p>

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<p>and also BC does NOT have a 5% admission rate, so don't be bothered by that false statistic.</p>

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<p>SAT data tables; composite percentiles</p>

<p><a href="http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat_percentile_ranks_2008_composite_cr_m_w.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat_percentile_ranks_2008_composite_cr_m_w.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Same site, student section, has a useful "how I stack up" feature, but it compares stats only, and not the stuff of "holistic' or "comprehensive reviews"</p>

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<p>2020 puts you in the top 6-7% of the country. It's a great score; don't be jaded by the overachievers here on CC.</p>

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<p>aw thanks to these last few posters. very encouraging :)</p>

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<p>
[quote]
2020 puts you in the top 6-7% of the country. It's a great score; don't be jaded by the overachievers here on CC.

[/quote]

Great advice.</p>

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<p>I would say it's an awesome score if you're not aiming for Top 10 schools in the nation.</p>

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<p>The way I'm looking at it, it's not b/c the writing doesn't have a huge impact. Above a 650 looks good, so I'm going to say no, a 1280 is not solid, definitely get it above 1300 or take the ACT, which I did and got the 1400 equivalent.</p>

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<p>I got into top 18 school with a 1900</p>

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<p>Does the writing really have as little an impact as RahoulVA suggests? I thought that as long as my composite score of 2020 was good, that was the end of it. Does it really matter where that 2020 came from(i.e. CR, writing or math)?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>It's good enough maybe not for hypsm</p>