< (Less than) 2300 club Who Still Got Into Really Selective Colleges

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<p>FredFred's basic point is correct. (Check the link he posted </p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p>which gives the figures for class of 2006. The figures for class of 2007 should be posted soon.) </p>

<p>Yes, many colleges "superscore" (take the best score of each section for a student who submits more than one set of scores), but I have no reason to believe that the number of 2400-scorers by ANY methodology is as large as the entering class at a college as large as Princeton, Yale, or Harvard. (Caltech could JUST BARELY admit only 2400s-scorers, if enough of those decided to apply to Caltech, because it is a smaller college.) </p>

<p>Harvard decides admission cases as it does because its committees have accumulated a lot of experience. Scores are important, but other issues matter too. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882&lt;/a> </p>

<p>This thread here is an interesting attempt to gather some anecdotes about students who had something other than test scores as a basis for being admitted, and that is an interesting topic.</p>

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<p>My friend's sister got a 2090 and is now a freshman at Cornell. The girl's asian with no particularly outstanding extracurrics, mind you!</p>

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<p>my friend got a 2390 on the sat and is going to washington and lee on full scholarship. they pay for airfare and everything.</p>

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<p>brother got 1470/1600 SAt II 780 chm 710mathIIC rejected by
harvard
johns hopkins
tufts
northwestern</p>

<p>now at providence college with a full scholarship</p>

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<p>I'm hoping for some "low" numbers on Rice!</p>

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<p>My best friend went to Cornell (Arts & Sciences) and she had a 1100 on the old 1600 SAT. The only other school she got into was Sarah Lawrence.</p>

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<p>i think knowing the race of people with these scores would be helpful to me. lol</p>

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<p>A girl I know got into Haverford, Swarthmore, and Williams with an 1150 SAT. She was a urm, non-athlete, middle class. Another kid, also urm, middle class, non-athlete, got into Wharton with a 1320 SAT.</p>

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<p>I was "depressed" last year after a 2400 SAT/36 ACT/800 MATH II/800 Chem/800 Us History/790 Physics got rejected at MIT. Now at Rice.</p>

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<p>Not me; lol "a" meaning someone I know</p>

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<p>Oh, thanks for the clarification. I was about to jump off my balcony and break a few bones so I could write about in my personal essay.</p>

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<p>^^^ hahahaha, good idea CC viewer This thread is actually making feel quite hopeful...:)</p>

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<p>Not really, I think one who had 2200 and pay almost full cost is totally different with one who had 2200 and doesnt have to pay at all</p>

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<p>This asian girl in my school last year got into Harvard with a 2100ish. Nothing outstanding about her at all...</p>

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<p>how about we reincarnate this thread? it seemed to be doing pretty well and it apparently motivates a lot of people..</p>

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<p>I think a lot of people here know that you don't need to get a 2300 on the SAT to get into a great college.</p>

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<p>why dont you guys change the title to people who got 2300+ that got rejected/waitlisted to selective colleges...its probably gonna give you a better answer to the question you are asking now...</p>

<p>i mean i seriously think like 80+ percent of the people that make selective colleges get 2300-</p>

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<p>2060 UC Berkeley</p>

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<p>alrite there may be lots of people getting in to top colleges with pretty low SAT. So now I have a question: what is the key you have that unlock the door to those schools ??? I see that you should have at least 2k SAT AND something extraordinary in your application that make the officials feel like they've found a genius :)
I have low SAT, not many EC but still desire to get into UPenn or top B Schools. I think I must do something huh :-?</p>

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<p>a friend of mine got into CalTech with a 2130 i believe. he won like 1st place at every national harvard/mit math competition there was though so i guess it's a moot point.</p>