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

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<p>^ so obviously, then, his awards tided him over. That's basically what it is- give or take. You don't have good standardized testing, so you have a lot of awards. You don't have any leadership, so you do something independently that rocks. Nothing hard to understand about that.</p>

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<p>I see a lot of mid-2200's getting in to good colleges, but I always considered that a good score. Do Ivies look at it differently?</p>

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<p>The thread has grown, and it's time for another link to my FAQ on class sizes and the number of students at different scoring levels. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/413821-sat-score-frequencies-freshman-class-sizes.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/413821-sat-score-frequencies-freshman-class-sizes.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>The cumulative frequency of scores of 2300 or above is low enough that many colleges MUST admit students with lower scores.</p>

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<p>Poisonous, it <em>is</em> a good score, yes.</p>

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<p>lol so does anyone get into Ivy with SAT score <2100 :-?</p>

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<p>here's an idea: let's start a thread of people who got into really selective colleges with a gpa of <3.9 - now that's much harder</p>

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<p>I agree, masterodisaster. I saw your thread and am in the same position as you are :)</p>

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<p>Ashraf you need to chill bro.</p>

<p>2340 and brain surgery = ivy.</p>

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<p>a friend of mine got an 1880 and got into Stanford...o and he was Val.</p>

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<p>bad joke, decided not to crack</p>

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<p>I just realized how stupid this thread is. I did some research, and here's what I found:</p>

<p>School Name - Average SATI Score
Yale - 2240
Harvard - 2230
Princeton - 2220
MIT - 2170
Stanford - 2150
Dartmouth - 2150</p>

<p>Those are just the very TOP schools... You can obviously see that MOST students at top colleges score below a 2300.</p>

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<p>where's your source and what are the cr/m breakdowns?</p>

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<p>Source:</p>

<p>Advanced</a> college finder - find colleges and universities using QuickFinder.</p>

<p>Search for the college name, then go to the "How Do I Stack Up" section, and it shows the lower 25th and upper 75th percentile scores.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/438505-i-got-without-2300-club-uber-uber-exclusive.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/438505-i-got-without-2300-club-uber-uber-exclusive.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here's another similar, but more recent link. Congrats to those admitted and good luck to applicants for the class of 2013!</p>

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<p>doubt:</p>

<p>when people here say their GPA is say 3.9, do they refer to their final year GPA or average of secondary school, midyear and final year GPA's?</p>

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<p>I assume its their overall GPA.</p>

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<p>Poisonous - There are many URMs to account for.</p>