<p>i scored 1990 on my sat..</p>
<p>I WANT TO KNOW IF I HAVE ANY CHANCE OF GETTING IN..</p>
<p>i mean.. do u know anyone in harvard who has scored less than 2000?? lol</p>
<p>i knowww.. please tell me i have 0% chance of getting in..</p>
<p>i just want to hear it from someone : YOU ARE NOT GETTING IN. i still have hope!!
but i dont want to have a false hope!!!</p>
<p>anyone?</p>
<p>anyone?..</p>
<p>“is there a single person in harvard with a 1990 sat?!?!”</p>
<p>Probably.</p>
<p>SATs are not everything. Of course a 1990 is not really going to help your chance of admittance, but its not like they are going to look at the top of your app and say, “Ohh, not a 2400, lets throw it in the trash can”</p>
<p>You DO NOT have a 0% chance of getting in. The ONLY way you will have a 0% chance of getting in is if you do not apply.</p>
<p>With that said, a 1990 SAT WILL decrease your Chances of getting in - admission to Harvard as a lot to do with luck, and the more factors you have going for you, the better your chances to get in. (Or to put it in perspective, the less things you have going AGAINST YOU ie. some poor grades on your HS transcript, mediocre SAT, poor essays etc.)</p>
<p>Harvard has no hard and fast policy of its candidates. Simply having a 1990 is not enough to write you off as having no chance. What are your HS grades like? How hard were the courses you took? What rank did you hold? How competetive was your high school? What EC’s do you have? What position do you hold in these clubs/activities? Do you have an idea of what your rec. letter said? What was your essay about? Are you an URM? Legacy? Developmental Case?</p>
<p>The answers to these and many other questions may give you better insight to where you stand, knowing that your SAT scored are below median for Harvard.</p>
<p>With that said, there is still the Jan. 24 date? Why not retake it then?</p>
<p>Yeah, there is someone with 1800…don’t worry.</p>
<p>I would think that a person with a 1990 has an incredibly compelling story (refugee from a another country, came to the U.S. five years ago and spoke no English, compiled astonishing accomplishments despite severe lack of family resources, etc.) or unique and remarkable accomplishments (started a business as a teen that has grown into a huge success, does concert tours of major world capitals, turned down scholarships from major Division I athletic powers to come to Harvard, etc.).</p>
<p>I agree with gadad.</p>
<p>torontoo the thing is… ive already taken twice lol… would it be helpful to take it again.?? I mean do they look at how many times youve taken the SAT?? regarding the other stuff… ive got pretty good essays and pretty good recs, and like 5 ecs. the thing is… im from colombia!! international lol… in my high school there is no AP or IB, or credit for classes, or a chance to pick the highest classes… EVERYONE TAKES THE SAME CLASSES… and believe me… its a lot of classes… lol… probably much more than your typical american high school curriculum… idk if thats helpful…
and regarding rank, i was probably in the top 10%… idk my gpa but my average score was like 90/100… i saw waas because i already graduated from HS and im here applying…</p>
<p>idont wanna stay in my country :(…
but if i dont get in ill probbaly have to…</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>anyway… my point is… should i take the sat a third time?? do the look at how many times ive taken it??</p>
<p>thankss aloot!</p>
<p>oo i forgot to mention… i got like first place in the colombian state exam in a sample of 1000 people, and my score was in the top 100 of the country…</p>
<p>its like a leaving examination… its called ICFES… its what they use in colombia to get into college… i dont know if that is helpful… :)</p>
<p>thxs again!!</p>
<p>Well, it’s of course completely different if you’re an international! They don’t expect internationals to have 2300+ on the SATs! And besides, being from Colombia probably makes you an URM. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>thanks!!</p>
<p>but wait… whats a URM?? lol</p>
<p>thx again!!</p>
<p>URM means Under Represented Minority (i.e. Afro-Americans, Hispanics, etc.)</p>
<p>Retake the SAT’s or perhaps try out the ACT (assuming they administer it in Columbia). Some people do better on the ACT than the SAT. And if money is not an issue, then why not apply?</p>
<p>About people getting into Harvard University with an SAT score lower than 2000, I checked the <strong><em>Official Harvard 2012 Decisions Thread</em></strong> and there were a couple of people who did get in with less than a 2000, so don’t give up. You could check out the thread and perhaps see what set them apart from the other applicants which could have made up for the lackluster SAT scores (by Harvard University standards). It may give you some ideas. Good luck!</p>
<p>You might get in, but I don’t understand why you have to stay in your country if you don’t get into Harvard. Why only Harvard? Are you applying to other schools? I’m sure that if you get into another school, you could also stay in the US for that. If you like this area, try Tufts, BU, Northeastern, Boston College, UMass Boston. You can get a good education at any of these schools, and others. Clark in Worcester is another good one, and has a lot of international students.</p>
<p>Im colombian too but im applying to Penn but man you did good in your ICFES!!! I dont live there and I havent lived there in over 10 years, and only lived in the US for 2 years but man for those who think the SAT is hard test in colombia to get into college is HELL. what part of colombia are you from?</p>
<p>Take the ACT. and I have seen people with 1900+ SATs, but their ECs and grades more than made up for the lack of scores. Just a warning. Take a look at the 2012 Harvard decisions thread and look at the stats to get an idea of what theyre looking for. and why did you apply nowhere else in the US but Penn and Harvard? Go for an easier school that has just as great an education and costs less. You need to have back-ups and safeties.</p>
<p>You are an International and not a URM unless you are a permanent resident of the US or a US citizen living abroad. You can always check with the school and see how they would classify you. I also have the question, why only Harvard?</p>
<p>yea. definitely. I know a kid who got an 1850, but 30 members of his family have gone to harvard.</p>
<p>there are probably harvard students with 1800s.
family connections, extraordinary ECs, and lots of money.</p>
<p>^Did you really need to bump a thread more than a year old so that you can complain about this “great injustice” outside of the MIT subforum?</p>