they only take 1500+ on SAT's

<p>I feel like I am seeing some variation of this phrase in too many posts. It is extremely unrealistic to believe that some colleges only accept applicants with SAT scores greater than 1500. I don't believe it is true with any of the ivy's. Many top schools have a mid 50% range between either 1350 and 1450 or like 1400 and 1520. This means that at most TOP schools only about 25 to 35 percent of the attending applicants have greater than 1500. Sure having a 1500 will help, but when you look at the difference between 1500 and 1400 is only a matter of about 6 wrong questions, really not that much. To all those that have posted that you need a 1500+ b/c a college only accepts that high, or you have but down a 1350 to 1490 applicant, b/c they were too low, I feel you were wrong. Anybody agree?</p>

<p>To an extent i do, But colleges LIKE TO SEE HIGH SCORES. You have to have the complete package for those schools, and if it means 1450 instead of 1550, they could care less as long as you have everything else amazing. the ranges are of students attending too, and those ranges are always lower than the accepted range. Also, a 1550 can overweight .. a few Bs in high school, unlike a 1400, which would require everything perfect. I heard from a friend that princeton could fill its call 3x over with qualified applicants, they try to build an interesting class from that. the key is an interesting class, a person w/ 1400 could be more interesting than a 1600 geek! lol</p>

<p>Isn't it true that for some colleges, if your SAT scores fall within their median range, they don't look at them again?</p>

<p>I don't understand why you mean rooneyfan.</p>

<p>I don't know, I thought I read that somewhere on CC before. Oh well, just ignore what I said.</p>

<p>i think he meant that once your scores are in the acceptable range, i.e. makes the cutoff, the colleges dont look at the scores again and focus on every other aspect of yoru application</p>