Is SAT II Chem (780) and SAT II Math 2C (770) good enough for Ivies

[Bentley89]

<p>Nice one, Fhqwgads2005
SAT IIs really aren't that important. Focus more on SAT Is. </p>

<p>ps. POIH, I believe that the correct name is Caltech, not Cal Tech. It helps to do a little research before setting your heart on a school.</p>

[cghen]

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@ParentOfIvyHope

I don't agree with the statement that matriculated pool is worse than accepted pool. But for Cal Tech since it is a self selected pool of students and not everyone applies to Cal Tech hence the chances are that students who actually have less chance of success at Cal Tech choose MIT/Harvard/Stanford over Cal Tech and so leaving the matriculated pool even stronger as the accepted pool at MIT/Harvard/Stanford has a much lower SAT II Math scores.

So you're saying that the weaker accepted students at Caltech are scared away from Caltech for fear of failure? I suppose that could happen to some students, but I think that is a minor effect. Indeed, most of Caltech's admit losses are to MIT, which is also a highly difficult school. I would expect that Caltech would lose more admit battles to Stanford and Harvard if difficulty of curriculum was the most important decision factor. Generally, students cite the lack of course offerings as well as social reasons to not matriculate.</p>

[arctic_monkey]

<p>this thread makes me sad</p>

<p>why do parents do this?</p>

<p>I'm sorry, but this is just putting way too much pressure on your kid...it's not all about numbers, and even if it is, those are amazing scores</p>