<p>This is perhaps the most basic question. Well, I heard so much rumor such as "ivies only look at 2300s" or "2200s is considered a safe" or even even "having a score lower than 600 is an automatic reject at any ivies" (excluding "special" applications).</p>
<p>Frankly, I think having a score above 2000 would give someone a chance at Cornell. But I am just curious about the CC opinions.</p>
<p>Prbably more like 2100s at least, if not closer to 2200s. It really depends on which school at Cornell you are hoping for. Engineering is going to want higher scores at least in math than say, the hotel school. Do your research. Go visit and try to get to know someone in admissions to ask your questions.</p>
<p>I would guess that about a 2100 is average for Cornell.</p>
<p>I would say 2100 is roughly average. 2200+ will put you in the category of actually having SAT score benefit you for admission probablyand below a 1900 will hurt you. I scored a 1940 which is on the low side, but I still got in.</p>
<p>all schools, especially good ones, like to say there isn't a cutoff score but it is true that if they see a score below a 520 where they are like if this kid hasn't done a load of AIDs research, there is no way we are accepting him.</p>
<p>Go to collegeboard.com and check out the middle 25% sat scores for cornell.</p>
<p>it's actually the middle 50% of freshmen:
SAT Critical Reading: 630 - 720
SAT Math: 660 - 760</p>
<p>and as someone pointed out earlier, it really depends on what school within cornell you apply. i actually think the CR score is on the low side, and it'll probably increase next year.</p>
<p>Those collegeboard statistics are very out dated... It's actually a bit higher now since Cornell's admissions rate dropped significantly.</p>
<p>from the cornell website:</p>
<p>SAT Math: Enrolling Students
Score
Above 650 81%
Below 650 19%</p>
<p>SAT Verbal: Enrolling Students
Score
Above 650 66%
Below 650 34%</p>
<p>wat do u think the average SAT score is for AEM?</p>
<p>those statistics aren't published.</p>
<p>k thankz. I noticed that cornell's b-school was the only school on businessweek's rankings that did not report their average SAT score.</p>
<p>actually i think those collegeboard statistics are brand new. They just changed all of them last week for every college.</p>
<p>yes they are new. hence the heated writing score range discussion on the columbia forum.</p>
<p>MNOAAA12,</p>
<p>Last year a CC poster made reference to the fact that Cornell occasionally puts top recruited athletes who are not as academically gifted, into the AEM program, which has one of the highest gpa's for a Cornell major. Thus, putting in some of these students would lower the SAT average for AEM, and not be in Cornell's best interests.</p>
<p>thats crap. you can't assume that way, "some guy said...", do you have proof?</p>
<p>Thanks for all the opinions.</p>
<p>biggyboy,</p>
<p>Why wouldn't Cornell post average SAT scores unless they are lower than their competition ? And why wouldn't Cornell place athletes in the AEM major? I was at an admitted students Cornell Day last April, observed the AEM presentation and personally spoke to the dean. I believe that the major could include some students who can't cut a difficult major like engineering. Of course we don't believe everything we read, even here at CC, but I have some first hand knowledge of the major. And it's pretty hard to 'have proof' when the major secretly guards data like average SAT scores, among other things.</p>