Seriously, what is a "good" score for a URM applying to competitive schools?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm from the Bronx and I live in a home with a sub 40k income. I've never had the opportunity to pay for test-prep and the like, nor has my school been GOOD enough to compensate for this. I've never mentioned the SAT to my mom 'cuz I didn't want her to stress over it and dish out money for it that was unnecessary. Through some test prep on my own, I've taken the test twice and I have a superscore of 1320/2010 (v 730, w 690, m 590). Yet when I see other applicants, my SAT score looks a bit weak. Individually, I've never broken 2000 (1970 and 1990), but I'm hoping my superscore will make up for that. But aiming for these schools, what would be a good SAT range?</p>

<p>edit: if i helps, i have a 690 in lit and 700 in ush sat ii</p>

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<p>What sort of schools do you have in mind? There are various levels of “competitive”.</p>

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<p>aiming for what schools again/?</p>

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<p>yeah, same question as above</p>

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<p>Here’s a table from College Board that might interest you. It gives percentiles for various ethnic groups.
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SAT_CR_mathematics_writing_percentile_ranks_gender_ethnic_groups.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Your scores (single sitting, not superscored) place you in the 92nd and 93rd percentile of all college bound seniors.
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

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<p>thesmiths - I have a friend who went to a more affluent high school (and came from a more affluent background) and got a 2020 on her SAT’s and she was accepted to Harvard. To be fair, however, she was a double legacy, but I think that your situation clearly differs from her in terms of your background.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Well, my reach schools are Tufts, Stanford, NYU, UC Berkeley (OOS), and Pomona.</p>

<p>I was just curious as to whether they take socio-economic status into account when looking at these scores, since there is, undoubtedly, a correlation.</p>

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<p>what is your ethnicity?</p>

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<p>if it helps, here’s results from my school. (The following three are URMS-Hispanic and Black)</p>

<p>Girl last year: half honors classes, sat: 1900, accepted to all Ivies, Stanford, and MIT (not bragging, she really was)</p>

<p>Girls this year:
A: 1800, two honors classes, accepted at Harvard ED
B: 1550/2400 (bragging about this score…/2400!), no honors classes, accepted at UPenn ED</p>

<p>All non-URMS have been denied at my school for the past three years.</p>

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<p>^^Dang..what a crapshoot admissions is… i wish i was one of the less fortunate URMs like your friends but my dad is an Ambassador with an income of 200k+…so AA didnt work in my favor much </p>

<p>Rejected at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford… I go to U of Chicago now looking to transfer…below are my HS stats from a chance thread i made.</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 2290 (on 2400 scale) and 1540 (on 1600 scale)
SAT Subjects: Math 2c: 770 and Literature: 740
GPA: 3.87 uw dont know weighted
Ransk: 9/330
AP: (place score in parenthesis): USH(4) ECON(5) FRENCH(5) CALCAB(4) WH(5) CHEM (3 Yikes!)
ECs: Soccer 4 years (3 year varsity), Basketball 4 years (4 year varsity), Ran track for my High school and broke to school records 100m and 800m, chess club 4 years, tutoring and out-of-school volunteering, NHS member
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, American Math Competition school winner
Familial ties:None
Ethnicity: URM Black and Puerto Rican
HOOK: Dad is an Ambassador
Anti Hook- income 200k+</p>

<p>OP, I think you have a good shot at the schools on your list except Berkeley and Stanford…for your reach schools you are def within the range of every student accepted…write good essays and reflect on your less fortunate circumstances..</p>

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<p>There’s no ED at Harvard this year.</p>

<p>Admissions committees will take into account your socioeconomic status.
See this article
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/education/27grad.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/education/27grad.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>check the stanford EA thread, there’s a urm with 1700 who got in</p>

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<p>ya it really is a crapshoot. even for URM’s. cuz occasionally really well qualified urms get rejected…</p>

<p>but income is considered as well. i’m starting to lose hope in my urm status getting me into stanford and mit personally. and my family makes about 100k a year. sooo i don’t really have low income going for me either.</p>

<p>berkeley doesn’t care about urm status. i’m a oos urm with a 2150 single sitting on my sat and everyone on here says i don’t have shot at berkeley. but. i’m applying to the school of engineering there which hurts me as well.</p>

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<p>Yeah it is a crap-shoot. The majority of our school are mexicans and most of them go to a state school, but there a re a few that when they go big they go big. Some random acceptances include Yale, Swarthmore, Haverford, Cornell, Harvard, Oberlin, Princeton, and Columbia. There was a boy who turned down NYU and Yale for Fresno State. I was like what the hell.</p>

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<p>Jmoney where do you want to transfer to from UChicago?</p>

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<p>Unless you are HEOP eligible or you recieve a Chase Smart Start Scholarship, NYU is going to be financially out of reach for you.</p>

<p>As an OOS student, in less you can throw long, rush some mean yardage, have a killer 3 point shot, or you never miss from the top of the key, you are not going to get the $$ you need to attend Berkley.</p>

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<p>Is NYU really that expensive or are they stingy?
jesus</p>

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<p>NYU is both- really expensive (over 50k) and bad FA</p>

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<p>Oh ok, thanks.</p>

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<p>Lolabelle, </p>

<p>i have a few schools in mind…i want to reapply to Harvard, Yale, and Stanford (all of which i was rejected as a freshman), Wharton, Cornell AEM, and I was considering MIT( highly unlikely)</p>