The "ideal score"

<p>What is the lowest ideal score for Ivy league caliber schools?</p>

<p>2100 with at least a 700 in each section.</p>

<p>That's not true. For HYP, probably, but not for the others. Asking for 700 in each section is close to asking for a 2200. Most people who have it will be much closer to that score than a 2100. A 2200 is roughly equivalent to an old 1470. That's hardly the low end for Ivies. A 2100 is probably about right, but don't worry about the 700 in individual sections.</p>

<p>What about UPenn's SEAS and UPenn's Wharton and UPenn's Fisher?</p>

<p>Specialty cases at one specific school? When someone mentions Ivy Caliber schools, they tend not to mean those. If they did, they tend to use the acronym of HYPMS(C) much more often. Also, I believe that Wharton's acceptance rate is more than double that of Yale's. Don't know about the other 2.</p>

<p>HYP you're looking at maybe a 2200. Other ivys and ivy caliber, maybe 2100. Those are bare minimums though...</p>

<p>2250 with a 750 in each section is very good.</p>

<p>Yeah. low to mid 700s in each section is a good minimum to aim for, though I'm not sure how much the writing means to a lot of ivies.</p>

<p>Actually, Ivies have taken people who have scores as low as the 1700s. I've seen it happen. It depends on what your entire application looks like. You should still look up the school's SAT average and aim for scores in that range, though.</p>

<p>Well aren't those cases usually development cases, recruited atheletes, etc? And what is a good percentile of scores to aim for to have a decent chance at the school (given that your other things are what the school considers average).</p>

<p>aim for 750 in each section, but don't worry if you have a section that's in the 670-700 range. i was just browsing the 2010 yale results thread and i saw a fair amount of 670s and 690s that didn't belong to URMs.</p>

<p>Anyone know what scores are need for penn's fisher program? That's what I need to get into.</p>

<p>if i have a low sat (1980) but a high weighted gpa (5.02), do i have a chance?</p>

<p>md4me:</p>

<p>Did you prep for the SAT? I scored in the 190s on the PSAT without any prep, but then I put a lot of time into familiarizing myself with the test and got a 2160 on the real thing. So, seriously, just get cracking on the blue book (the official SAT guide published by the College Board) and your score will sky-rocket (well, kind of, 2100s aren't steller but I assume they're mid-range for ivys)</p>

<p>Sorry for the double post, but from what I've seen on the EA boards for the upper ivys, hardly anyone was admitted without at least a 2200 SAT. I wonder if success in college courses (meaning A's) will offset any concern for a low(ish) score on a test that "predicts college performance." By lowish I mean 2160, with one sub-700 CR (690).</p>

<p>you cant have a 5.02...........</p>

<p>maybe its on a 5.0 scale? or 4.5?</p>

<p>Hmmm....? 5.02?</p>

<p>well its weighted isnt it? so it kinda makes sense...not really on a 4.0 scale tho</p>

<p>if you really want to make sure you can make it into an ivy, then get a 2400, a 4.1234, and found your own AIDS organization in Africa. </p>

<p>THere, you're nearly guaranteed entrance to an ivy, as long as you blast the adcoms to tears with your wonderful essay and don't screw up your interview, if you have one. </p>

<p>good luck in life and i hope that you find better things to do with your time than ask really ambiguous questions that have been debated for eons and really don't improve any aspect of your life whatsoever.</p>