<p>Wondering what the lowest SAT's someone has gotten in to UPenn with </p>
<p>thanks?</p>
<p>Well, back in the days of 45%+ admit rates and when many people in the undergrad class bought their ways in, I'd guess the lowest was around 1000 and it wouldn't surprise me if someone got lower.</p>
<p>i've a friend, international, got something in the low 1900s and got in to the CAS. don't know what it means to you tho</p>
<p>According to Yahoo, 100% are over 500, 94 to 97% are over 600. So there are a handful of (mostly recruited athletes, I'd bet) who are between 510 and 600 but darn few. If you don't have a "hook" then your chances with scores below 600 are essentially zero. Realistically you have to do a lot better than that unless you have some "hook" , especially if you are from a school/region where they get a lot of applicants. I wouldn't give a lot of weight to stories about so and so who got in with 1900 - people have also won the pick six lottery but your chances are not good. I think there is a lot of wish-logic - X got 1900 and he got in, I have 1900 so maybe I can get in too. Maybe, but not bloody likely. That being said, if they like you and feel you have some compelling story (born at an early age, raised by wolves, etc.), they will overlook low scores (to a point), if they don't, then 2400 won't help you.</p>
<p>Unless you have a hook, you should probably have a 2000 to be considered.</p>
<p>As Percy noted, it is only a few people who score really low who get accepted. Generally, you'll require a hook like (legacy, urm, athletes-preferably a combo of the three) to get in with scores below 2000. Though, if you want living proof it happens- look at this from Alston89-
"I have abyssmal test scores (630-580-580 for SAT 1 / 25 for ACT) but a high GPA (3.98 UW, 4.22 W) and just got admitted into Dartmouth, Penn, UChicago, Nortwestern, Rice, Syracuse and Carnegie..." Most would consider his scores well severely sub par for the ivy league and such but regardless he was accepted. Congrats to him btw. They still consider you app even w/ below average test scores (1790 in this case) but 2000+ is safe.</p>
<p>there was a firefight!</p>
<p>Alston89 is a URM based on his other posts. URM is a big "hook" category along with recruited athlete and "development admit" (major donor). People w/ major hooks like this effectively get spotted maybe 200 or 300 SAT points. If you are non-hook white/Asian your chances of getting in w. a 1790 are similar to being hit with a meteorite. If you are from an area/school that feeds a lot of people to Penn, then = chances of being hit by 2 meteorites. On consecutive Tuesdays. In May.</p>
<p>2 years ago</p>
<p>sat I
660
720</p>
<p>sat II
660
660
560</p>
<p>i am not a urm</p>
<p>So percy, if you have a "hook" like underpriveleged URM it'd be acceptable to have around a 2000-2100?</p>
<p>I would say around 900-950 for the old SAT here at Penn.</p>
<p>For a school like Columbia though, I know they admitted a kid who had a score of 800 (combined), but this was like their lowest-score admit ever. These kind of people are usually really freaking good recruited athletes, I would guess.</p>
<p>PS. THERE WAS A FIREFIGHTTTT</p>
<p>Given that URM status is good for around 200-300 points, I'd say a 2000-2100 URM is equivalent to maybe a 2250-2350 non-URM which puts you in a very good category - still not a sure admit but maybe in 50/50 territory at least. It depends partly on where you've gone to school and what your background is - not all URMs are created equal - if you have 2100 and you're from a Phila public school and you've been raised by your grandmother because your mom is on drugs and you have no dad, no only would they take you with a 2100 they'd give you some big frigging scholarship and treat you like royalty. If you've gone to a private school in the NJ suburbs and your parents are both doctors, a 2000 may not totally excite them but they still may take you.</p>
<p>legend of - Yahoo reports 100% over 500 M and V for Penn - it might be rounding error or literally one person who is star quarterback/starting forward. Normally speaking a 900 (1350 on a 3 test exam) would be a close to absolute no go. In any case, unless you have that kind of talent (and they'd send you a "likely letter" if you did), applying w/ a 1350 would be a waste of time, effort and $.</p>
<p>It is most likely a rounding issue</p>
<p>FIREFIGHTEWWEFLKJDSNFd</p>
<p>Haha well I'm not that kind of case Percy, I'm from a town nearby Houston with only one parent (mom) with erratic work schedules and an alcoholic dad who died and I never met, with my mom bringing in significantly less than $40K a year D=. Actually up until I was like 7 or 8 I lived in Honduras with my grandmother because my mom couldn't afford me!</p>
<p>Plus I'm in a good rank so far in my junior class (4 out of 720, I can probably get to 2 or 3 next year), so hopefully around a 2000-2100 SAT supplemented with 3 good SAT II scores will be enough for me to possibly have a shot at Wharton</p>
<p>^ You sound exactly like the kind of candidate for whom they might be willing to overlook less than perfect SATs. I'd encourage you to apply if you are anywhere close to 1800 or above. Make sure they get a complete picture of your life in your essays, etc.</p>
<p>I'm quite sure I'd be over 1800, I really am shooting for around 2000 or 2100; I'd hate to have the attitude of not living up to my potential just because I was never as well off as some of the other candidates and relying on my social status.</p>
<p>Hopefully doing my volunteering at the old folk's home for spanish senior citizens and at my school and a part time job will help out too :D</p>
<p>What kinda chances with these stats/hooks:</p>
<p>I am Hispanic American with a single mom who worked/partied so much i barely saw her for most of my younger years (spent a lot of time with my aunt who could barely afford to pay her bills and had a serious roach problem, and my awesome grandparents), an alcoholic boat captain dad who I barely got to see (caused some problems, such as depression). I have seen a lot of things i shouldn't have had to see while growing up (I don't like going into details here). My mom was a secretary and I doubt she made much money when I was younger but recently we climbed the social ladder. My mom had a lot of boyfriends, including a stoner rocker roadie, a Brittish paint shop owner (who was abusive sometimes), and some other colorful characters. I moved a lot and went to different schools (one in england; all of which were public), and was also taken to England for a year by my mom (which was supposedly an illegal action since my father had partial shared custody over me and didn't approve of the move), causing a legal dispute and my eventual return to the U.S.A.</p>
<p>My parents barely got out of high school (i am not sure if they even graduated) and I am a first generation college student at a state school in PA. I was diagnosed as being learning disabled in Elementary school which led to both social and emotional problems later on, which I eventually got over with a lot of work. ( I am def not learning disabled, i hope)</p>
<p>I have a 1910 SAT and a 3.7/4.0w HS GPA and a current college GPA of 3.4, which will def be 3.6 by the end of this semester (Low because most of my classes require a 95% to get an A, weren't curved and were instructed by evil professors.) I spent a lot of time working for my self as a computer hardware/software consultant and builder/repairer/tech support. Any chance at Wharton? I know, its low :(</p>
<p>I also live in Miami, which is basically a spanish country (lol)</p>
<p>rof - If you were applying as a freshman I think you might have had a pretty good chance. The problem with transfers is that they have very few spots available -maybe 25 or 30/year for external transfers to Wharton so they can afford to be very picky. The usual considerations (like minority preference, legacy, etc. ) don't apply to the same extent as for the freshman class. They tend to weigh college GPA very heavily in transfers so raise it as much as you can. Is there a reason you didn't apply as a freshman? If the answer is that you did and you were rejected, count that as another mark against your chances.</p>
<p>i'm also a transfer. African, dad did his MBA at wharton. I was born in rome, italy. I grew up mostly in ghana(i'm ghanaian). I went to sierra leone where there was a lot of war and crime so i ended up leaving after a couple of months in school. I went back to ghana, then to beijing china, where i went to school for 2 years.</p>
<p>My 3 siblings and I were raised singly by my mom till our late teens, then we all moved here. My mom is a diplomat that's why we travelled so much. I've been to several other countries but not 'lived' there i.e. 2-3 weeks. I moved to the U.S in mid tenth grade, struggled a lot with english classes and got like a 490 on the SAT 1 english section. Got a 620 on SAT math. In twelth grade i started to read a lot and even memorized a lot of the dictionary to improve my english. </p>
<p>I managed to place into an honors freshman composition class by examination. I've taken 4 other honors classes so far and my current GPA is a 3.61 which should be higher by the time i apply. I love visual arts and have done several drawings. I tutored chem and calc my first three semesters in college and am a certified tutor( we have this program in my school...). I speak french fluently and i'm proficient in chinese. I did a chemical engineering NSF reu after my freshman year at PSU.</p>
<p>Now, i am currently a SOPHOMORE, and i know you need to have sophomore status to be eligible to transfer. I'm majoring in chemical engineering here at Penn State and i plan on doing a coop starting this fall at a really good company like merck, so i wont be taking any junior level classes, but i hope to take some gen eds online coz i'm kinda behind. Am i eligible to transfer?What is the credit limit to be considered a transfer student?</p>