Is a 730 on CR good enough for admittance into the top 5 schools

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<p>Is a 730 on CR good enough for admittance into the top 5 schools</p>

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<p>If you mean like Harvard, Yale and Stanford… it won’t hurt or help you really. It’s like average I would say.</p>

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<p>so, what would help? 750+, 760+, 770+, etc.</p>

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<p>Anything above the middle 50% of scores for each section (as listed on CB college profiles) may help</p>

<p>In the range means you pass the first round of admission process</p>

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<p>Even an 800 CR wouldn’t be impressive at top 5 schools. Everyone there applies with uber high scores. Focus on making your app unique in other ways.</p>

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<p>If your M and W ones are good (720+), it won’t hurt you badly. It certainly won’t help you, though.</p>

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<p>So you’re saying that if you’re between the 25 and 75 percentile the scores don’t really effect your admissions? </p>

<p>Then if they are less than 25% they hurt, or greater than 75% helps?</p>

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<p>Exactly. As long as you’re within the range, you’re fine. At that point, your grades and extra-curriculars become the deciding factor.</p>

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<p>Or above the range, it doesn’t matter.</p>

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<p>Above the range wouldn’t be a reason you get in by itself, but above can’t hurt</p>

<p>If it is a matter of taking it again to go from in the range to above the range, you need to think on a case by case. For example, I got 2200 and am retaking march because I feel like I can substantially improve my 690CR. Although it’s in the range for almost all elite schools, I did better on all practice tests and know I can get it to the mid 7s</p>

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<p>Well that sounds relieving! I know I can improve my SAT to 2000+, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get my goal of 2100+… But either way I’m going to be between around 25%-75%… Hopefully my SAT IIs will not hurt me, and my grades/class rank + ECs will be enough :)</p>

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<p>Of course, at Harvard the middle 50% includes 800 scores…</p>

<p>But it certainly won’t hurt you. 730 is well within the mid-50% range anywhere.</p>

<p>If you think you can score a 750+ it’s worth retaking. Otherwise, don’t bother.</p>

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<p>Ha. Don’t have time. I’m a senior. Problem is I’m also an Asian and 730 CR for Asians applying to the ivies is probably not that great…</p>

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<p>Depends on your english fluency, other scores, grades, apps, recs, essays, your astrological sign aligning in the stars just so.</p>

<p>No score will get you in. A few scores will keep you out. 730 isn’t one of them. Don’t think a 2400 will get you in. Seriously, it’s a crap shoot.</p>

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<p>Oh come on, people. A 730 is a ridiculously good score. Once you’re in the 700s, it doesn’t matter what you get. Focus on the rest of your app if you want to get into a really good school. The SAT doesn’t matter.</p>

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<p>So a 2100 will be viewed as identical to a 2400?</p>

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<p>Yeah James, pretty much. I had a friend get into Brown with a 1900.</p>

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<p>Doubtful, but a 2100 is good for many other colleges. For the top five colleges, see </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/413821-sat-score-frequencies-freshman-class-sizes.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/413821-sat-score-frequencies-freshman-class-sizes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^ I’m aware of that, I was just posing the question to the other poster.</p>

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<p>Why do people always believe that a single instance of blah blah getting into XYZ Prestigious University proves some point about the admissions process? To answer my own question, there is a massive difference between 2100 and 2400. There’s a massive difference between 2200 and 2400. So to say that as long as scores are in the 700’s they don’t matter anymore is blatantly false.</p>