Hi, so I was wondering since most of the Ivy Leagues superscore, is the average SAT they list on their website superscored or from one sitting? Because on my first sitting of the SAT I got 1530 (740 reading/grammar, 790 math) then I got 1540 (800 reading/grammar, 740 math) so I’m really hoping my SAT score in the eyes of the admissions officers is a 1590.
Superscoring works just like that OP.
And remember schools all approach things differently and gpa/scores are but one factor.
Ranking 1 to 5 say in four categories
Say sections like Academics, recommendations/personality/character, ecs and essays Stanford looks for intellectual curiosity or whatever.
If your scores are just one piece of the academic score - it’s great but a small piece of the overall puzzle.
And if you are 4.0 with a 1540 or 1590 you will get a 1. There’s no 1+, per se.
Then they move on to the other things. I believe strongly that at all elite schools they review quickly first round. Qualified and not. Half gone. Really qualified and less so. And a special pile for legacies and institutional priorities. Now three piles. 300000 now down to pile 1 is 5000, pile 2 is 5000 and pile 3 is 3000.
And then the real work of reviewing your application. Your courses, scores, school, region. Then a lot with your essays recommendations and ecs. Then bulk in those areas.
- 40 percent of the class from pile 3.
-30 percent from pile 1.
20 percent from pile 2 - using this pile they fill in all the gaps for institutional needs for the remaining students.
-The last 10 percent reserved for international students.