<p>As I go through accepted people's stats, I see that the SAT scores while high, are not "ivy league" caliber (i.e. 1600s). Now personally I only made a 1490 and therefore consider this VERY good news. So can I be reassured that Cornell just don't really stress a lot of SAT scores like the other ivy leagues? Because I actually very much admire taht b/c I believe a 3 or 1 hour test cannot determine how well qualified a applicant is.
The reaosn I even mention is taht I notice a lot of applicants like me are worried about the SAT thing because I woul djust hate it if they rejected me on account of the fact my scores aren't so high.
BTW..(sorry I know it's starting to get kinda boring lol) I know COrnell accepted a lot of people under its Early Decision round. Are applicants in the RD round usually a lot "smarter" than the applicants in the ED round?</p>
<p>Actually, even the avg. SAT score for Harvard is only around 1480.</p>
<p>no usually they say the ED round has a stronger pool of applicants because those are the people who have been determined throughout highschool. a 1490 is a very very respectable score and is fine at all universities so if i were i would worry about ur score. my friend last year got into cornell ED with a 1360 so i dont think u should worry about cornell rejecting u because of ur score. even harvard wouldnt reject u because of a 1490, 1490 is very good. congrats</p>
<p>some of the numbers you see in the college books and whatnot are inflated, to make the school more impressive. 1490 is excellent--you're sure to attend a great university</p>
<p>Yes, scores are definitely inflated! Most upper-tier schools, especially the ivies, leave affirmative action and sports recruit students out of their average SAT score statistics.</p>
<p>A 1490 is definitely not below ivy leauge standards, either. The highest average SAT score at a school is 1510 (at CalTech), and even there, you won't be far behind the other applicants.</p>