<p>Violator, if I HAVE to guess, I’ll go with rejection. The odds are highly in favor of that.</p>
<p>^why rejection itsmylife99???</p>
<p>I was being facetious. Chill. :)</p>
<p>Oh well such “facetious” or “sarcastic” messages don’t translate well on the internet unfortunately.</p>
<p>Sarcasm doesn’t travel over the internet.</p>
<p>It doesn’t?</p>
<p>^Nice to see you drop by ImmaFly…how’s Cornell treating you??</p>
<p>Immafly if u dont mind me asking how much did u get on your sat for cornnell??</p>
<p>He got a 2370 in sat1, 2400 in sat2 pcm2 </p>
<p>:P</p>
<p>oh **** thats amazing…btw are international students expected to have scores higher than the local americans or is it ok to be at the 50th percentile??</p>
<p>50th percentile is good enough.</p>
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<p>No, international scores generally have to be higher than the equivalent American scores at most universities.</p>
<p>^Most colleges generally state that while considering SAT scores, they look at the applicant’s socio-economic background. So if an Indian whose native language is Hindi/whatever scores 2300, is it gonna be better than an American’s 2350???</p>
<p>Once you reach 2200+, most scores are equivalent.</p>
<p>^^No. Indian applicants are considered to be overachievers and a good SAT score is commonplace.</p>
<p>So there’s not much of a difference between 2390 and 2250?? I find that hard to believe.</p>
<p>Also pixie, depends on how you define a good SAT score. I haven’t seen many Indians cross 2350, or for that matter 2300; but yes 2200+ is common to many Indians.</p>
<p>Obviously, higher the score, the better. I don’t espouse the commonly held opinion that any score above 2200 is viewed as the same.</p>
<p>Most people who end up in the Ivies do have a 2300+ score. Or ranging in late 2200’s.</p>
<p>2200+ is considered a very good score and yes, a 2390 and a 2250 would not hold much of a difference. Specially in the admission process. No adcom is going to go, “Okay, so these applcants look similar but this applicant has a 2390 and that one has 2250. REJECT the second one immediately!!”
This is where the “holistic process” of reviewing the applicant actually comes into play. </p>
<p>Remember, a good SAT score gets you in the threshold, but never expect it to help you in the admissions process. It is basically a first round qualifier. After that, it is a more deeper review of the applicant where the SAT score holds little or no hold. There are many debates on the importance of SAT scores on this site; I’m sure you’ll be able to find them easily.</p>
<p>so basically would u suggest that i take a test to improve over 2210…provided that im shooting for the ivies??</p>
<p>No. Read my post again to fully understand my implication.</p>