1,2,3 or 200, to me it’s representative of the group. my last point then i’m going back to life. if you don’t get 700 on a section of the sat, you are not an honor student anywhere, if you don’t get 600, you are less than an average suburban student. geneseo has gone from 80%+ admitted students with 600+ m and verbal scores to the mid 50’s of each. if 40 to 50 percent of your class can’t break 600 on a section, YOU AIN"T HONORS.
Has the proportion of admitted SUNY Geneseo students scoring 600+ on each SAT subtest declined from ~80th percentile+ to ~mid-50th percentile? Here’s the data (Data source: Common Data sets):
Proportion of SUNY Geneseo students scoring 600+
Fall 2014 SAT CR 55.7%; SAT M 63.4%
Fall 2013 SAT CR 69.8%; SAT M 75.1%
Fall 2012 SAT CR 71.6%; SAT M 77.6%
Fall 2011 SAT CR 73%; SAT M 76%
Fall 2010 SAT CR 76.8%; SAT M 82.2%
Accepted for Fall 2019? Yes 
Hometown? Long Island
Admissions Factors (2014-15 Common Data Set)
Very important admissions factors:
Rigor of secondary school record? 9 AP classes
Standardized test scores? ACT 27, SAT 1810
Important admissions factors:
Class rank? Non ranking school
Academic GPA? 96.24
Application Essay? Strong
Recommendation(s)? Good
Extracurricular activities? Very good. Science Research, Intel STS student initiative award, Chair person for relay for life, science club etc.
Talent/ability? AP Art student
Racial/ethnic status? white
Considered admissions factors:
Volunteer work? 100+ hours of volunteer work
Work experience? Summer internships at hospitals.
Level of applicant’s interest? Called office a few times.
PhD411, I think you’ve answered your own question. Since you started this thread, what do you make of this?
@dcalb1, I’ve discovered a discrepancy between data sources regarding the proportion of SUNY Geneseo students scoring 600+ on SAT subtests.
SUNY Geneseo Common Data Sets:
Fall 2013 SAT CR 69.8%; SAT M 75.1%
Fall 2012 SAT CR 71.6%; SAT M 77.6%
Fall 2011 SAT CR 73%; SAT M 76%
Fall 2010 SAT CR 76.8%; SAT M 82.2%
SUNY Geneseo Fact Book*:
Fall 2013 SAT CR 80.74%; SAT M 85.6%
Fall 2012 SAT CR 86.5%; SAT M 92.6%
Fall 2011 SAT CR 73.3%; SAT M 76%
Fall 2010 SAT CR 91.2%; SAT M 93.4%
- Does not include Access Opportunity Program (AOP) Students
- Recentered scores Data Source: Annual Freshman Class Profile Sheet prepared by Admissions Office.
Could the discrepancies found above be purely a product of the exclusion of AOP students from the second data set?
Does geneseo offer scholarships? And if so would we have already been notified?
@jimtoes, arent my sat scores above the average at geneseo? Wouldnt that alone guarantee me a solid shot?
idk maybe im wrong
And yeah I did get really lucky
PhD411: I believe the Common Data Set-standardized reporting requirements that all schools must follow to allow accurate comparisons.
Son accepted. Letter received today. Westchester County, NY. 2210 SAT (750 math, 750 cr). 31 cumulative ACT (33 english, 33 reading, 28 math, 32 science). Gpa 93.5 weight (school does not give unweighted or 4.0 scale). Major physics. URM 1/2 Cuban. Other acceptances: URoch, Northeastern, Pitt, Stony Brook, SUNY Oneonta and New Paltz. Still waiting: UMass Amherst and RPI. no rejections yet.
Accepted yesterday (business). Not sure if this is regular decision or EOP or TOP (nothing about EOP or TOP was mentioned in the acceptance letter)
1060 SAT. 5 APs, 3.7 GPA. ARISTA, meh essay.
Geneseo was out of my league and I didn’t think I’d get in, but yesterday out of the blue I received the letter.
Oh, also accepted to Binghamton.
Accepted for Fall 2019? Yes.
Hometown? Small town in South Carolina
Admissions Factors (2014-15 Common Data Set)
Very important admissions factors: I can write pretty decently.
Rigor of secondary school record? Took 6 AP classes, with A’s in all. Also a dual enrollment course.
Standardized test scores? 24 ACT and 1700 SAT.
Important admissions factors:
Class rank? 38/196
Academic GPA? 3.44/4.0
Application Essay? Wrote about how much I love writing.
Recommendation(s)? From two amazing teachers that love me, so they were probably really good.
Extracurricular activities? Student council, key club, beta club, nothing special.
Talent/ability? Writing.
Racial/ethnic status? Mexican American.
Considered admissions factors:
Character/personal qualities? I’m funny, but they don’t know that.
First generation? Yes.
Alumni/ae relation? Nope.
State residency? Nope.
Volunteer work? Nope.
Work experience? Nope.
Level of applicant’s interest? Relatively high. Honestly I was shocked I was accepted, especially with a suspension on my record.
Son accepted to SUNY Geneseo for Fall 2019
Florida
Rigorous secondary school record: All Honors and AP courses with one exception, a foreign language course taken Freshman year.
SAT CR+M+W: 2020
Top quartile
UW GPA 3.45; W GPA 3.72
Strong academic essay
Good recommendations
Eagle Scout, Physics Club
State finalist ~ History Fair competition
CTY and SLIYS programs participant
Caucasian
Not First generation
No Alumni/ae relation
OOS
Variety and significant quantity of volunteer work
No work experience
Expressed interest directly to faculty member; not admissions
Thorough Parent Statement submitted
12th acceptance.
(accidental post, disregard this please!)
@ggwpafk823 I definitely wouldn’t consider it lucky, judging by your info you seem like a good student with stats along the lines (if not a bit higher) of others accepted! So what if your essay was a bit weak, we all have one part or another that isn’t stellar…
Anyway, I just thought that his/her post was kind of rude, but it seems like they are here to spread negativity; I got a rather discouraging response on another thread as well. Don’t talk yourself down, you got into Geneseo because you earned it!
Daughter accepted
ACT 26
Average 92 uw, 95w
2 AP courses, 4 dual enrollment, many honors courses
two years of work experience
significant volunteer experience
regional level music involvement
national and music honor societies
Congrats @simuni, @EdgyUserName, and @SomethingWithin.
Congrats to your son, @Saphhire50.
Congrats to your daughter @Meismom.
Accepted for Fall 2019: Yes
Hometown: North Shore of Long Island
Admissions Factors (2014-15 Common Data Set)
Very important admissions factors:
Rigor of secondary school record: Rigorous private school, 3 AP’s senior year plus senior shakespeare seminar
Standardized test scores: 29 ACT
Important admissions factors:
Class rank: NA- school doesn’t have
Academic GPA: NA- school doesn’t provide
Application Essay: Pretty damn good
Recommendation(s):Hopefully amazing (At least thats what they told me)
Extracurricular activities: A shitload…
Volunteer at an animal rehab center ~8 hours a week, Independent service project at animal rehab (3 weeks, 55 hours a week in may) Founder of Animal Advocacy club, Head of Yearbook, President of Mock Trial, Three Varsity Sports (6 Varsity letters) Women Leadership Club, Flute, Writer (hopefully to be published soon)
Talent/ability: Uhhh. i read a lot and i’m really amazing with animals
Racial/ethnic status: Jewish, White
Considered admissions factors:
Character/personal qualities: I’m witty and I love volunteering. I think i’m pretty funny and I am really close with my family.
First generation: no
Alumni/ae relation: SUNY Stony Brook from Mom, Dad didn’t graduate
State residency:Yes
Volunteer work: Loads
Work experience: yes
Level of applicant’s interest: low/medium
Accepted for Fall 2019? Yes
Hometown? Western NY
Admissions Factors (2014-15 Common Data Set)
Very important admissions factors:
Rigor of secondary school record? 2 APs junior year, 2 APs senior year. Regents physics as a junior
Standardized test scores? 26 ACT
Important admissions factors:
Class rank? 8 out of 265
Academic GPA? 96.01/100
Application Essay? Pretty good I would say. Covered a wide range of topics (I wrote about life experiences)
Recommendation(s)? 3. One from a professor I did research under at a SUNY school, counselor, JROTC instructor
Extracurricular activities? JROTC, research, played a varsity sport since freshman year, student gov’t junior year
Talent/ability? N/A(?)
Racial/ethnic status? Asian
Considered admissions factors:
Character/personal qualities? Very passionate about my research and why I want to pursue it as a career
First generation? Yes
Alumni/ae relation? no
State residency? NY
Volunteer work? through JROTC
Work experience? yes
Level of applicant’s interest? Low
Accepted for Fall 2019? Yes.
Hometown? Westchester, NY.
Admissions Factors (2014-15 Common Data Set)
Very important admissions factors: I come from a pretty competitive high school, I guess.
Rigor of secondary school record? 6 APs from the last two years: Physics B, Physics C, English Lit, Calc AB, American History, European History.
Standardized test scores? 2060 SAT (1420 composite) – probs my weakness.
Important admissions factors:
Class rank? School doesn’t rank.
Academic GPA? 3.7/4.0
Application Essay? I’d say above average.
Recommendation(s)? Haven’t read, but I’m assuming they were good.
Extracurricular activities? Lots of babysitting.
Talent/ability? Baking, Lifeguard, swim instructor.
Racial/ethnic status? Caucasian.
Considered admissions factors:
Character/personal qualities? I do too much babysitting…
First generation? Nope.
Alumni/ae relation? Nope.
State residency? Yes.
Volunteer work? Yes, but not significant.
Work experience? I lifeguarded and taught swim over the summer; I also babysit 4 days out of the week.
Level of applicant’s interest? Pretty low. Haven’t visited yet and never submitted the parent’s thing.