<p>IMO anything like 2090, 2190, 2290 seem so inferior lol. I dont know why but it just seems liek those scores are inferior to the score 10 pts. higher lol.</p>
<p>so, alam1, how much higher did your score get after the first time you wrote it, how much prep did you do and over how long of a period?</p>
<p>There aren’t that many Canadian CCers…</p>
<p>My score got 110 points higher. I did very little prepping after my first one because school started and I did not have time. Giving the actual test, however, helped me better time myself and I was more comfortable while writing so I think that helped a bit. Remember, there really isn’t a big difference between 2300 and 2200 in terms of how many questions you miss. For example, I got 760 on the Math section and that year Math was rather easy so the curving was harsh. I missed one question and my score dropped that much. So if I got that question and I got two or three more correct even by guessing, I would be at a 2300. The differences are not as big as some people make it out to be. What I am trying to say is… don’t be too down on yourself for what you think is a “low” score because if you are scoring around 2100-2200, you’ve already demonstrated that you are capable.</p>
<p>^Ok alam1, I’m going to give it another crack in June and once more in October.</p>
<p>i did well my score is 1390</p>
<p>vigs, try to get over 2250. i talked to a counselor at columbia after getting accepted. he said that 2250 is the minimum score to be placed in the top academic tier at columbia. </p>
<p>when i talked to a counselor at cornell, she said the baseline score for top tier at cornell is 2220. </p>
<p>def try to get over 2200…</p>
<p>^what? what “academic tier” ?</p>
<p>^ Cornell doesn’t look at writing as far as I know…</p>
<p>Writing in general is not as strongly looked at by schools… since it is still new, some of the top tier schools will overlook a slightly below average writing score (and by slightly below, I mean, for isntance, you had a 770 in math, but only a 680 in writing… not like a 500 or something)</p>
<p>kellogggs, bro, do you have any more info. on that academic tier stuff from asking adcoms? That’s really interesting info.</p>
<p>this is inside info. not sure if i should talk bout it here. </p>
<p>all i will say is that adcoms told me specifically that candidates get grouped into specific academic tiers based on sat scores and gpa. they calculate an academic index for each student based on the 2. however, there are specific sat and gpa cutoffs. and the scores i posted are the cut offs for the top tier. (e.g. if u have a 2100 sat and 4.0 UW gpa, u still would be ranked 2nd tier even if ur academic index is higher than some top tier kids)</p>
<p>the adcoms use these statistical initial rankings to brush aside bottom feeders and get a sense of which students deserve the most attention.</p>
<p>^ This makes some sense… However, after your SATs reach like 2100ish and your GPA 3.8 + ish, the adcoms are way more likely to focus on other aspects of the application. If the above method is used, then it is done to get rid of the sub 2000 sub 3.7 GPAs without hooks at the very top schools.</p>
<p>w/e u wanna believe alam1…</p>
<p>the people i talked with SPECIFICALLY told me the cutoffs i indicated…</p>
<p>but thats just for my year…so</p>
<p>^what would you say is the ‘average cut-off’ (the actual average…such as 96%, 92%, etc. etc.). Since we don;t use GPA, what would the cut-off for averages be for top schools to get into the ‘top tier’?</p>
<p>And do SAT II scores play a role? And any idea about the ACT?</p>
<p>2220 first try
CR-750
Math-700
W-770</p>
<p>So kelloggs, when they calculate this, is it supersocred or not?</p>
<p>all ivies superscore.</p>