So sorry
Decision: Deferred
State/Country: CT
GPA: 4.0 weighted
SAT/ACT: 34
Decision: Accepted
State: MD
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.5 W
SAT: 1400
3 APs, IB diploma candidate
Major: Biology
Accepted EA . 33ACT ECs , OOS
best of luck to all !!
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Does anyone know if the presidential scholarship email will be sent out today or tomorrow?
Accepted into arts and sciences
GPA: 3.96 UW/4.09 W
ACT: 34
6 APs
Major: Biology
Deferred business
OOS
ACT 34
All AP/Honors
3.98
3 sport varsity athlete
National Merit commendation
Was wondering the same thing haha
Deferred (OOS)
Applied as Biology major
GPA: 4.25 W / 3.95 UW
No SAT/ACT
4 Honors classes / 6 AP classes
215+ volunteer hours
Many extracurriculars (2 jobs, volunteer work, clubs needing an application/interview)
VP in student government
Did anyone get into Nursing program EA?
I saw an email saying financial aid packages only come out on April 1st, is that true?
I did
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oh god I hope not
Did any international student seeking high financial aid get in?
Who applied to honors? Anyone know any details like housing, does honors have a dorm? I think we find out within a week.
So per above âunofficialâ data out there suggests that Villanovaâs 25-75 SAT range this year (for those who submitted scores) is 1430-1520. That is an incredible jump, 100 points at the low end, as compared to the most recent Common Data Set figures (1330-1460).
I find this really interesting. It makes me wonder if Villanova is using this weird year to try to boost their SAT range so as to project the school as a more elite institution. Theyâve always been good and viewed as a competitive school, but they havenât been anywhere near Notre Dame-level good, but interestingly, the SAT numbers this year put them exactly in Notre Dameâs range (last CDS figures for ND are 1440-1510). I just wonder whatâs going on and if they tailored their incoming class to achieve this specific SAT range.
I guess I can understand the desire to do that, but did they do that at the expense of and on the backs of students who were truly committed to attend Villanova? i.e., those kids who would typically score in the high 1300s/to around 1400 average⊠this used to be Villanovaâs sweet spot, and it kind of looks like Villanova left that population high and dry. Was the decision made to just take the really high test achievers to get to a desired range, and then admit the rest as test-optional so that the test range remains âinflatedâ?
Things that make you say hhhhmmm.
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@KeystoneState64 I think that the jump in score range is simply the effect of students not submitting scores, which may well have included students who had scores under the old average, as that was the advice of so many: not to submit scores below average.
The ridiculous rise in score range is to be expected at other universities as well. (Also keep in mind that the range is for admitted students rather than enrolled; the enrolled range will turn out to be lower, as is typical.)
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Maybe. I guess time will tell and weâll all get to see how scores ranges change this year at other institutions. I just find it curious because the conventional wisdom this year has been that if your SAT is in the schoolâs range - and in particular if itâs over the 50% mark for the school - that you should submit scores. So I would assume that kids scoring anywhere around 1380+(ish) were submitting scores. Yet the admitted range this year STARTS at 1430, with the midpoint then being a 1475. That seems really high to me, a really big jump. Maybe Iâm wrong and the numbers from other schools will be instructive.
I think we are going to see the score ranges jump at a lot of colleges. We were advised to only send scores that were well above the middle 50% for any college. So the only scores getting sent in are the really high ones, and this makes the average jump.
It doesnât really matter, though, I donât think, because by being test optional competitive admissions schools got way more apps, which only served to drive the selectivity even tighter.
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Regarding test score data, this year is an anomaly, a total throw-away.
Schools can post whatever ârecord breakingâ data they want, itâs virtually meaningless, no pun intended.
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