<p>I wont share any specific stats, but my SAT is in the middle 50% of schools like Boston College, UVA, Wake Forest, University of Richmond, Davidson, Carnegie Mellon, and Bucknell. Regardless of having a score in the middle of 75% of the students in these colleges, people on this site say the score makes these schools "reach" schools. I relatively new to this site. And what ive heard is that people here are extremely harsh to kids and say that they have no chance to get into some schools and they end up getting in anyway because everyone here are top students getting into top colleges. so to make a school a target school, do stats have to be in the top 25%? is a 50/50 school in the middle 50%? is a reach bottom 25%? it seems that scores in the middle 50% make it a reach for a ton of users in this site....</p>
<p>I think that it depends solely on what ethnicity you are. Asians and whites must have SAT scores that are in the top 25% in order for those colleges to be “reach schools.” For Hispanics and African Americans, their SAT scores only need to be in the top 25-50% in order to get accepted.</p>
<p>I’m hispanic. does but we can still be on the bottom half of scores in the middle 50% to have a “good” chance? or my schools should be top 50% to make it a target school?</p>
<p>You have a hook. Hispanic= URM. Yes you have good chances. If you look at your school’s naviance, it will help you determine which schools are possible.
BTW, don’t let scores deter you, in the past years, on CC, one URM was accepted to Stanford with 1700+ SAT scores. I think when people refer to 75%, it usually for non-hooked applicants.</p>
<p>yea but I dont want to stop there. I want to leave the mindset that my background will help and not abbandon Scores and GPA. If I get those high, my admission would be almost perfected</p>
<p>In my opinion, the stats concerning the SAT at elite colleges mean almost nothing. They tend to be deflated due to the presence of people who get in because of athletics, legacy, and what not. And of course, SAT scores aren’t everything, so there isn’t any iron law governing what is a reach or target school necessarily.</p>
<p>The only students (generally) admitted to top colleges with SAT scores lower than the median are URMs, legacies, and athletes, so you are given some leeway in that matter although it would certainly help the most to score 2100+ on the SAT.</p>
<p>Why don’t you go ahead and state your SAT scores? That will allow us to help you better.</p>