<p>duke isn't a tier 2 school, it's ranked 9th in the nation.</p>
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Our Berkeley tour guide told us that the average SAT score for the class of '11 was around 2100 (31ish). I'm not sure if that's accurate info though.
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<p>It's not. Its own website, <a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp%5B/url%5D">http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp</a>, says the mid-50% range is 1800-2170. The mean is usually around the middle of that range and that is 1985.</p>
<p>bump.....................</p>
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Our Berkeley tour guide told us that the average SAT score for the class of '11 was around 2100 (31ish). I'm not sure if that's accurate info though.
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<p>yeah there's no way this is right</p>
<p>Northwestern's ACT range for the class of 2011 was 30-34, so now in line with princeton and rice</p>
<p>ouch..... i dont think i can get into any 30-34 schools</p>
<p>sure you can, one out of every four students at those schools has below a 30, even after adjusting for athletes it's probably still around 1/5</p>
<p>just emphasize other areas of your application that are stronger, such as ECs, leadership, writing ability, talent in playing a musical instrument/debating/painting/whatever</p>
<p>don't be discouraged, a 29 is still very good, and if that's the weakest part of your app, you're in good shape</p>
<p>Thank you elsijfdl. You give hope to many students in similar predicaments.</p>
<p>ok well i dont mean to brag but I think I'm pretty unique... the secret to not getting rejected is to stand out... I'm an Eagle scout, jazz band statewide, tennis team, 600 hrs comm service.. i work for the city government and I sent a video of my dance. The dance will be the only thing that will make me stand out. :(</p>
<p>My numbers aren't the best though. ranked in top 20 percent and around a 3.5 uw gpa and 3.8 weighted... but i took 25 college classes and 12 AP's...</p>
<p>i hope colleges weight all my out of school college classes, then My gpa is a 4.18 and my rank is 6/556. Also i got my lowest grades during freshman year and I had a huge upward trend since then. What would that do for me?</p>
<p>my problem is i took the hardest classes.. like one summer I took 10 colleeg classes.... but I got some B's.</p>
<p>i just hope i get into ucla/uc berkeley or at least 1 private school out of those 15 schools -_-</p>
<p>at Stanford only 11% of kids were ranked out of the top 10% of their class.</p>
<p>i don't think your ECs will carry you through at top tier schools.</p>
<p>sucks that admissions are mostly about numbers</p>
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<p>college admission at top privates isn't mostly about numbers...but they do use test scores to help narrow down the applicant pool, from what i understand. You applied to a pretty top-heavy range of schools...it's too late now for most schools, but some top publics and some good private schools are still accepting applications...how about michigan? i think your test scores and grades put you in range, and it's a great school. it is also not the end of the world if you end up at davis or irvine...they are good schools, and trust me, getting into a highly regarded private school is not the be-all-end-all of your existence!</p>
<p>the problem with my high school years was that i took over 25 college courses and I just found out a month ago that my counselor and school won't weigh 14 of them. If they did, then I would be ranked 6/556 and a weighted GPA of 4.18... but my unweighted wouldn't change as I have gotten many B's in high school and a few C's.</p>