<p>Everyone seems quick on here to discount the applicant from ivy league schools because their scores are not a 2250-2400 and the like.
I am curious why this is as all of the ivy league's middle score ranges hit a 2120-2400 at the highest. Why is it that people discount scores that hit the 25-75 percentile because they do not break a 2250?
I understand that athletes bring down averages but there is most likely not a recruit group to sports at ivy leagues or any other outliers that make up 25% of the class. So therefore the numbers seem pretty accurate of the non athlete/URM. I understand why these scores make the applicant better and all. However, why is one's sat scores "below average" when objective stats show otherwise?</p>
<p>Why? Because the applicants who get in with test scores below the school’s median are almost always URMs, athletes, legacies, and development admits. Rachel Torres, a former admissions officer at Duke university explicitly stated this in her book about Duke Admissions. And you can bet Duke isn’t the only extremely selective school that does that.</p>
<p>You misread my point and the median for top tier schools if you look actually is around 2100 or a little higher. I was curious why colleg confidential is so pressed on a 2250 for top tier schools when their median scores suggest otherwise in the form of a much broader range</p>
<p>I think it is from the fact that if you have those scores, others could safely assume to get the prediction correctly.
Plus, people who actually prepared for SAT rigorously and have high english score usually receive over 2250 easily.
Some of friends in the private school actually were crying because they did not receive perfect even if they got over 2300 … ;(</p>
<p>So in other words people on college confidential are set on a 2250 simply because it gives an accurate chancing? That makes sense because I’m told by many counselors (one a former dean of admissions) say that scores in the 2100’s are competitive an wont discount an applicant at top tier schools. They still believe higher scores help but say that a 2150 for example will not kill an application by any means.</p>