Low SAT score

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>after doing horribly on the SATs for a second time, I now have a cumulative 2180 (CR-730,W-750,M-700). </p>

<p>Given that I am ranked in the top 1%, take all AP classes, and have a very, very extensive list of ECs that show leadership, community service and commitment, am I completely out of the running because of my abyssmal scores?</p>

<p>Also, my recs were superb, and my essay is very well written, original, and insightful. I really want to get in, but I feel like the SAT is going to be the big black mark on my app that gets me rejected. </p>

<p>I guess I’m wondering if I’m foolish for still having hope. Will my scores completely kill my shot?</p>

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<p>Your scores are fine. While they wont put you in the top 10% of applicants, they are high enough that Brown will not think you are stupid and throw away your application. 700+ across the board is very good and will no way hinder your application.</p>

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<p>ur in! a friend of mine with a 1950,average essay and run of the mill ECs got in....so its possible. good luck!</p>

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<p>2180 is abysmal? Ha ha, ho ho, chortle.</p>

<p>Oh.</p>

<p>You weren't kidding?</p>

<p>You need to relax... you seem like just the sort of anxiety-ridden Type A candidate that students imagine the Ivies are looking for. If you don't get in it won't be because of your "abysmal" SATs.</p>

<p>(Rick re-reads his post)</p>

<p>Well, that certainly came off snottier than I intended. How about this -- the director of admissions for Princeton said to a reporter that he could fill his entire freshman class with high school valedictorians that he rejected each year. Once you've got the right profile (and you seem to) it's just a crapshoot at the schools you are interested in. Really, it won't be your fault.</p>

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<p>2180 = Top 2% in the nation (Wikipedia). Sooo horrible, I don't even know how you live with yourself. P.S. Brown does indeed take the best of each section, right?</p>

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<p>man go cry in a corner and give up now.....JK</p>

<p>Have some confidence dude!</p>

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<p>a 2180 is extremely bad, don't you know that Ivy schools reject ppl who don't have 2400s..well, on second thought, they might let you in with a 2390 if you found a cure for cancer, stop AIDS, or something like that</p>

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<p>People like you keep me amused...
Dude, I have a lower SAT than you and I'm applying, and I'm quite optimistic aswell lol.</p>

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<p>Do not be ashamed of a healthy 2180. Since your scores are around the same range, it doesn't matter (colleges can't say that your scores are lopsided, etc). AND then are within the middle 50 percentile</p>

<p>So yes. It is worth applying to brown with a 2180.</p>

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<p>While some people are amused I find it quite sad to see your reaction to your SAT score. If scores and numbers are your only strengths, you're out of the game already- and if they are not why being whiny here? To fish for compliments in a not-so-subtle-way? There's some weak performance.</p>

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<p>Stop asking questions we cannot answer. We are not admissions officers. Once you apply, it's out of your hands.</p>