<p>I am very curious about what I will get on my SAT score when I take it junior year. So what is the bare minimum for a good chance of getting into Duke University? Of course a 2400 pretty much guarantees you into any great school. However, what score gives you a pretty good shot at getting it?</p>
<p>Below is the link to Duke’s Common Data Set. You can check out the sat score ranges reported.</p>
<p><a href=“http://ir.provost.duke.edu/facts/cds/CDS%202009-10.pdf[/url]”>http://ir.provost.duke.edu/facts/cds/CDS%202009-10.pdf</a></p>
<p>A 2400 never guarantees anything</p>
<p>Yah I understand how it doesn’t guarantee completely but is probably the best thing you can do to get into a good college.</p>
<p>Also thank you smileygerl for that helpful link (:</p>
<p>People put too much weight on the SAT. A 2400 isn’t magical: anything in the 2300-2400 range is probably considered equal since there’s very little difference between the two.</p>
<p>There is no magical threshold - for any university. The SATs are just one part of your application. How you have challenged yourself academically, your personal story and qualities (leadership, intellectuality, creativity etc.) and what you have done for your community is valued a lot higher than a few scores. </p>
<p>I had 1970 on my SAT I (700 CR, 660 M, 610 W - the essay pulled me down) and I was admitted to Duke this week as a Karsh International Scholar Finalist. 1970 is by no means a terrible score, but it is not within Duke’s 50th percentile and what people would consider an awesome score for selective schools.</p>
<p>This is not to say that you can get low scores and get into a highly selective school like Duke, because the truth is that low scores does hurt you and it is obviously a lot harder for “low-scorers” to compete with people with higher scores. Obviously - the higher the score the better. HOWEVER, it is not impossible! (I think someone got into Brown this year ED with a 1800-1900. Check the Brown forum.) Once again - how you spent your time for the last couple of years could make up for that. I would also suppose that a lot of schools think that your academic record in high school is a better indication of your academic strength than modest SAT scores. There is no minimum score and a 2400 guarantees nothing (proven by the fact that people with 2300+ get rejected each year). I know this is a somewhat diffuse answer, but I also think it is the best you could get based on the question you asked.</p>
<p>Thanks, I hope you are right. It’s just that I want to get into duke so badly that I want to do well in all aspects in order to get the best possible chance to get admitted into duke.</p>
<p>Hola, Duke freshman here.
I worked SO hard to get all the right scores on every test colleges could ever want, and while I don’t regret it for a moment, I also realize that it was a waste of time. In the end, take your SAT or ACT a few times, get a score that is good for you, and then just wait.</p>
<p>The very, very few times that anyone at Duke has discussed scores I’ve heard:
2340 (same as mine), 2210, 1800, 2250, 2100, 2040, 2380, 1960
(or thereabouts)</p>
<p>Clearly the scores themselves mean very little (which made me quite crestfallen at first, but I’ve since realized that the Adcoms know more than we do, and certainly an ACT or SAT score is not the defining characteristic of a successful student).</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK! Try not to fret (though I know how hard it is, I ended up accepted at 4 schools, waitlisted at 2, and rejected at 2 (one was my SCEA…). Life is tough and frustrating, but honestly where you go to college REALLY doesn’t matter as long as you like where you are and what you’re doing. Mizzou or UofI could have been just as good as Duke is for me if I had felt as comfortable there as I do here. Prestige is useless (and trust me when I was applying everywhere I was such a prestigewhoore), fit and happiness are what matter.</p>
<p>Get in where you get in, make the most of it, live life :)</p>
<p>Thanks and yah you are absolutely right (:</p>