<p>Let's start a thread to give hope to the people who score low on either the SAT or ACT. So what was your low test score that still got you into Yale?</p>
<p>Erm… I think you should specify what you mean by “low” before you begin posting on this thread. “Low” is very very different for each person… give a range of what you want reported scores to be in.</p>
<p>low: <2100</p>
<p>Some stats for you for the current freshman class:</p>
<p>SAT Verbal
score/# applicants / # admits / rate of admission
<500 / 641 / 1 / 0.2%
500-590 / 2385 / 41 / 1.7%
600-690 / 7097 / 307 /4.3%
700-750 / 6602 / 556 / 8.4%
760-800 / 5515 / 907 / 16.4%</p>
<p>SAT Math
<500 / 412 / 0 / 0.0%
500-590 / 1762 / 24 / 1.4%
600-690 / 6702 / 338 / 5.0%
700-750 / 6292 / 533 / 8.5%
760-800 / 7079 / 917 / 13.0%</p>
<p>SAT Writing
<500 / 641 / 1 / 0.2%
500-590 / 2385 / 41 / 1.7%
600-690 / 7097 / 307 / 4.3%
700-750 / 6602 / 556 / 8.4%
750-800 / 5515 / 907 / 16.4%</p>
<p>Statistically, some hope exists.</p>
<p>Am I mistaken or do those numbers not equal 100 percent?</p>
<p>They are rates of admission within the category (admits divided by applicants) , not numbers based off the aggregate of apps and admits. And these numbers omit those who only submitted ACTs only.</p>
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<p>woohoo! when you translate my math score (29 ACT) to SAT, it falls comfortably within this range, and i got accepted. especially if you have one weak section counterbalanced by other high sections, you’re fine.</p>
<p>Those score ranges are deceptive though. Many students may have one low subsection but a great overall score.</p>
<p>Fudge, my math score is a 700. My W and CR are in the 16.4% accepted range, and I have a high Math subj test score. Whatever. Nothing I can do about it now.</p>
<p>A better indicator would be the percent admitted by combined score, such as the chart that Princeton releases for each incoming class.</p>
<p>I am curious as to why the statistics for SAT Verbal (CR) and SAT Writing are precisely equal - perhaps one was mistakenly copied in place of the other. Is this an Internet source, T26E4, that we are all capable of viewing?</p>
<p>mifune: I didn’t notice that! I wonder what that means…</p>
<p>The info is from a newsletter sent to ASC volunteers in the summer of 2009. I accessed it through Yale’s private portal for ASC folks. I don’t know that it’s easily available.</p>
<p>^ For the OP, I would recommend looking through previous results threads… there are definitely high-scorers who’ve been rejected and “low”-scorers who have been accepted. So that might soothe your anxiety a bit ;)</p>
<p>@T26E4 - can you please tell me where you found these stats? I recall seeing a link with this information somewhere on CC but am longer able to find it. Thank you.</p>
<p>I’m not aware of public access to this newsletter. If I were, I’d share it. As stated, I get mine through the private Yale ASC portal. Sorry.</p>
<p>As is, if there’s a specific question I can check for you.</p>
<p>^Oh no! Sorry about that. Didn’t realize it was a newsletter? I recall someone posting a general public website that had SAT stats for admittances for the different colleges. </p>
<p>This must not be it then. Thanks tho!</p>