<p>Who knows anyone (or indeed is the person!) who got accepted into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other highly selective Unis (Stanford & MIT) with SATs below 2100??</p>
<p>I'd love to compile a "List of hope" for all those feeling bad about all the 2300+ here on CC =D</p>
<p>Please state your SAT & Subject scores and the main reason why you think you/they overcame the low score!</p>
<p>I know these people HAVE to exist, so please post =)</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>oh not looking good … Bump?</p>
<p>Look at the CollegeBoard range for the univesrities you listed. You’ll see that for Yale, it’s like 700-800 for CR/W/M. 50% of people earn scores in this range. So the weakest person would have 2100. So approximately 25% of people get in with <2100</p>
<p>That’s what I USED to think until someone on CC enlightened me to the fact that most people will only have 1 of their scores below 700, so really Collegeboard doesn’t show that 25% of the people get in with combined scores of below 2100…</p>
<p>to be honest i personally don’t know anyone who got in with 2100 or below except with a hook like athletics or with URM status. but if your grades and extracurrics are good and you have stellar recs, there’s definitely a chance i think. it’s holistic.</p>
<p>Some internationals do, their SAT reasoning scores are usually quite a bit lower (esp. for the language parts, if they are ESL). This at least goes for the European students I know.</p>
<p>Why pin your hopes on these schools at all if you do not match the profile, when there are so many other great choices where you do?</p>
<p>financial aid and need-blind for internationals ;)</p>
<p>I’ve gotten a full scholarship with extra $2,500 a year at The University of Auckland here in New Zealand, but I just want to at least TRY after all the pain of juggling the SATs with my CIE and NZQA exams. </p>
<p>I’m hoping for things like performing on Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and stellar Cambridge International results + SAT Subjects to make up for it?? lol …</p>
<p>University of Auckland is a waste of time.
Terrible student culture, average teaching.</p>
<p>One of my friends got into Harvard with a score below 2300. But below 2100 probably happens incredibly rarely.</p>
<p>URM athlete should be ok ;)</p>
<p>Someone got in from my school with 2130. English first language. It’s possible.</p>
<p>I know an ORM who got into Princeton with a superscored 2160, and induvidual sitting scores of 1960 and 2020. He had a novel being published though (not a top publisher/ best seller or anything, though). His writing was excellent.</p>
<p>About 40% of every class is comprised of athletes, URMs, legacies, staff kids and development. Many of those will have total scores under 2100. The rest of the students need to raise the average.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/438505-i-got-without-2300-club-uber-uber-exclusive.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/438505-i-got-without-2300-club-uber-uber-exclusive.html</a></p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>SOME URMs get in without a 2100. I would imagine that those students also have other tips and hooks, and yes, there are some URMs who just plain get in without a 2100. However, only about 1500 African American students each year score a 700 or above on all three sections, so there’s slack there that you probably won’t receive unless you are a URM. If you are an unhooked applicant, there is an extremely low chance of getting in without more than a 2100.</p>
<p>So I think we’ve established that the unhooked under 2100 have virtually no chance of being admitted to HYPS. So where’s the floor? Does a 2200 have a chance? Or is 2300 the bare minimum?</p>
<p>I think the floor would probably be 2100. But I would imagine that 2100-2200 would be difficult, with it getting marginally more likely with each step above 2200.</p>
<p>“However, only about 1500 African American students each year score a 700 or above on all three sections”</p>
<p>applicannnot, not to doubt the accuracy of the claim, but what is the source for this fact?</p>
<p>^I’d like to know too. Collegeboard lists only individual sections. There was something in that “Journal of Blacks in Higher Education” maybe? But it was quite while ago.</p>