<p>Mehh numbers numbers. I have 22 something and I’m perfectly happy-there are hundreds pf ways I could better spend my time than taking an IVYPREP or BESTTEST or 2400FORSURE or whatever classes are offered (there are people at my school who spend thousands on these just to reach the 2300 threshold.) Meanwhile, I’ve founded a club, run 7 miles everyday, and am beginning research. I write a BEAST scavenger hunt and I can solve a rubiks cube. woohoooo
Honestly, I don’t think SAT scores will lend to inventors/entrepreneurs of the future’s success.</p>
<p>^ WOOT! I can solve a rubik’s cube as well (although I didn’t mention this on my app), have 22-something, and never came within 100 meters of an SAT prep class :D</p>
<p><em>high five</em></p>
<p>2300s are overrated anyway :P</p>
<p>But you guys also have to remember that there are people who do all of the above and more AND get 2300+, and those are many of the people you’re competing against! ;)</p>
<p>@Skysthe limit. You had some serious grammatical errors there.</p>
<p>Gravedigger (all for grammatical spelling errors). :)</p>
<p>Im sure if one had CRAZY other factors, like urm, great gpa, great recs etc. a 1740 is doable.</p>
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<p>I know a recruited athlete (football) with a really low SAT score. I do not remember exactly, but it was around 1590. He was a URM, first generation, and low income, but I think it was mainly the football that got him in. He did have a 4.0 or very close, though.</p>
<p>I didn’t take the SAT, but I took the ACT. I scored a 23 on the ACT, so do you think I have a chance? I know it’s easy to say “well, get your butt off CC and go study and take it again”, but I can’t. I work about 32 hours-a-week, which I have to so we don’t end up homeless. Plus, I have to do my school-work and other EC work.</p>
<p>I applied REA to Stanford and explained my situation in-detail on the Additional Info section.</p>
<p>I’m also a URM (Native American) and first generation. And, my EC’s are AMAZING (Look up my chance thread for details on EC’s)</p>
<p><strong><em>I saw someone in one of the results threads post they got in with a 20 on the ACT, they could be trolling though.</em></strong></p>
<p>Do you think I have a chance with that 23?</p>
<p>Yes, you do. It’s ultimately your fit that will get you in.</p>
<p>Lowest score I know was my dad. He got a 1400/1600, which is about an equivalent to a 2100/2400. Played trombone and varsity tennis. He actually got accepted TWICE. The first time, he even applied late and he still got in. Decided to go to UCLA, hated it, applied as a transfer student and got into Stanford… Again. But then again, that was 20+ years ago and the competition has gotten MUCH stiffer.</p>
<p>^Turned down Stanford for UCLA the first time?</p>
<p>Stanford’s pamphlet, which I picked up today, says that applicants with an ACT score from 18-22 have a 2% acceptance rate and make up 4% of the class of 2015. ACT scores from 18-22 are comparable to SAT scores from 1200-1500 out of 2400.</p>
<p>what were other qualifications?</p>
<p>WOW that is great!</p>
<p>Hi, I’m an international student and I intend to enroll in a US college next year. I really want to get into Stanford…but I think my chances are slim because of my low grades and low SAT score (3.6 unweighted GPA…1750 SAT)…however throughout my high school life I’ve been involved in countless clubs, been the President of a few and founded 2…I’ve also been involved in research, currently working (since the summer), and now own a business…what are my chances really?</p>
<p>@sicknick</p>
<p>you should check out the Stanford Common Data set to get a sense.</p>
<p>Scores aren’t everything, but about 95% of the class has a GPA greater than 3.75 unweighted. Also about 86% had an ACT score of 30+ (equivalent to a SAT score of 2000).</p>
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Are you sure that it’s unweighted? The common data set specifies that average GPA is weighted, listing it as “4.18 weighted.” This fits with other selective universities having a substantially higher percentage with a below 3.75 GPA. For example, Princeton has a reputation as focusing more on scores than Stanford, yet the CDS mentions that Princeton has ~3x as many students below 3.75 as Stanford. Princeton’s CDS GPA does not say “weighted”, explaining the large difference. Also note that 16% of the entering class did not submit GPA, which can distort the stats.</p>
<p>@data10</p>
<p>From the latest common data set…</p>
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<p>So I am not sure how open that is to interpretation. If it is a 4.0 scale, does that mean unweighted? Seems if it is a 4.0 scale, you can’t have a 4.18. Unless it is like Spinal Tap - where you can get to 11 on a 1-10 scale.</p>
<p>Lastly, since they mention in the next question, as you noted, that the average GPA is 4.18 weighted, it would seem that not mentioning weighted in the previous question implies unweighted, along with the 4.0 scale. </p>
<p>I have heard from someone that a while ago they look at unweighted grades, then took that into account based on the level of difficulty (e.g. number of honors and APs) since many people calculated the weightings differently.</p>
<p>BTW, how do people not submit GPA? Is that an international thing or do that many schools not have a GPA ?</p>
<p>From the Stanford common data set, there were students (not many but some) admitted in 2011-12 with scores of 400-499 in various sections of the SAT.
[Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2011-2012](<a href=“http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2011.html#admission]Stanford”>http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2011.html#admission)
section c9.</p>
<p>BTW #2, odd about the number of people submitting GPAs is what seems to be low at 84%</p>
<p>Princeton: has 96% submitting GPA
Harvard: 99.76%</p>
<p>curious why the Stanford number is so low.</p>
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A 4.0 scale can indicate a regular A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0,… rather than 4.0 is the maximum possible GPA. I knew a guy at Stanford who graduated with close to a 4.18 (won an award for the highest GPA among all engineering majors in my class). Stanford’s grading scale is listed at [How</a> the General University GPA is Determined | Student Affairs](<a href=“http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/registrar/students/gpa-how]How”>http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/registrar/students/gpa-how) . I doubt that Stanford grads filling out employee applications that ask for GPA on a 4.0 scale would convert their GPA from what the school provides, even though it is possible to get above a 4.0. Similarly some HSs say their weighted GPA is on a 4.0 scale even though it is possible to have a GPA above 4.0. An example is the “4.0 weighted GPA scale” described at <a href=“http://www.nicolet.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/GPA%20scales%20current%20and%20proposed.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nicolet.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/GPA%20scales%20current%20and%20proposed.pdf</a> .</p>
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Question C11 lists percentages. It is not appropriate or meaningful to state “94.84% weighted”, like it would be to say an average GPA of “4.18 weighted”.</p>