<p>Haven’t heard from the OP in a while. Guess sh/e gave up.</p>
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<p>…for rural school districts 1400 SAT’s would not be considered “unimpressive”. Not at all unusual for val. & sal. to have SAT’s below 1400…size & demographics (rather than teaching) are main variables.</p>
<p>@Petersuu
You dislike people from reputable high schools people they had good teachers? I don’t think I fully understanding, but that sounds like a terrible basis for disliking people.</p>
<p>2100 is a great score… it’s in the 97th percentile. However, I would say more information should be known about the high school then before commenting on any portion of the OPs academic record.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it’s fair to get upset that people have had better opportunities than me. Please tell me how many times you considered intentionally getting lower grades so you wouldn’t feel singled out or felt unsafe in your PE class because people had brass knuckles and were beating each other up. I don’t think you understand all the implications of coming from a non top 2000 ranked school.</p>
<p>I got a 2340, ED and I still got denied. O.o</p>
<p>Yes. There are lots of students at Cornell with scores in the 1900 to 2100 range. SAT scores do not mean much above 1900 as studies show that the freshman gpa for 1900 students is similar to 2200 students.</p>
<p>SAT scores measure the ability to take the SAT test. Bill Bradley had a 950 SAT, was accepted at Princeton, graduated with highest honors and attended Oxford as a Rhodes scholar.</p>
<p>^I get that rejection is upsetting, but is it really necessary to use derogatory terms like “libtard” in order to make your point? You have no scientific proof that students with lower SAT scores than yours are “dumb” – for all you (or I) know, they could have struggled with medical conditions or difficult circumstances at home. Intelligence cannot be quantified by a number, as Cornell’s adcoms understand well.</p>
<p>If you’d rather go to an in-state school that looks more closely at scores, then by all means, go for it. But Cornell is an Ivy League school, and like all Ivies, it reviews holistically. This is something you should have thoroughly researched before applying, instead of taking out your frustration on the accepted students after the fact.</p>
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<p>…using a holistic approach increases chances that colleges deny admission to students who, although extremely bright, other students & professors do not want to spend 4 years with.</p>
<p>Sometimes AD coms can read between the lines in essays or recommendations. Kudos to Forever Fish.</p>
<p>The correlation between SAT scores and grades is not terribly strong. The College Board research showd that the median SAT score for students ranked in the top 10% of their high school class is around 1600. The median score for all students at privste non-religious high schools is also around 1600.</p>
<p>The median for freshman at four year colleges is a slightly lower 1550.</p>
<p>So, the SAT scores of “Top 10%” students look similar to any random average private school student or any random average freshman at an average four year college.</p>
<p>How does someone with a 1600 SAT get to the top of the class? Hard work, time management, people skills, organization, and more hard work.</p>
<p>And that is why some people with 1600 SAT scores graduate with honors from top colleges…they outwork everyone else.</p>
<p>I was admitted to Cornell with a 2390 SAT, but I have no doubt that when I arrive next fall, I’ll meet many students more intelligent than myself. I might mention that I go to a public school, albeit a highly specialized one, where receiving an A- in a class is considered “average” or even “below average.”</p>
<p>Raw intelligence HAS been proven to be partially genetic – you’re correct in that regard. However, using a standardized test to quantify the CAPACITY to learn is, as alanhouston said, unfounded.</p>
<p>NothingImportant, the College Board pays its researchers to figure out why MOST college students with mundane SAT scores of 1600 do well in college and many of them graduate with honors and some students with a 2200, 2300 or 2400 fail to graduate.</p>
<p>It turns out that skill at multiple choice tests is a minor part of college success. Actually going to class, reading the material, understanding it, adding original thought, being creative and communicating are the skills that lead to sn honors degree. Along with working 80 hours a week.</p>
<p>If you write a terrible research paper you will not get a passing grade by saying “Would you like to look at my SAT score?”</p>