<p>^ false. You can not just add the section scores together. There are plenty of applicants who has one section score in the higher end of the range and other scores at the lower end.</p>
<p>Please provide a link which gives the 50th percentile of HYP accepted SAT scores. Like Maxyboy said, you simply can’t just add up the section scores.</p>
<p>The information I posted was provided by Naviance. I did not just add the section scores together. If you have a Naviance account with your school, I advise you to use it to see the ranges in test scores at these universities. I cannot give you a link, because you need to have an account to view this information.</p>
<p>Despite what you may believe, people can and do get accepted to HYPSM with <2200 and even <2100 SAT scores.</p>
<p>I think complaining about 2250 or higher is looking for compliments. I was genuinely upset about my 2160 but I went up to 2320 so I’m totally okay with it. In fact I think lower than 2250 can get you into many MANY great colleges and I generally wouldn’t be upset over my 2160, but the magnet program I’m in has most of its students getting really, really high scores so to compete with them was tough.</p>
<p>It sucks getting a 2190. Trust me, I have one.</p>
<p>PioneerJones, you actually think that is decent data. That is coming from a very isolated, unrepresentative source. I believe that the middle 50% of SAT scores are lower than that even if it is only slightly.</p>
<p>Well obviously some people will get in with >2200 or >2100 but that definitely does not mean the average unhooked applicant applying to HYP can expect to.</p>
<p>I think any score above 2100 isn’t caused by luck, but by extreme training…
Some might be able to wing it and get 2350+ without studying, but there aren’t many. Most people study/practice really hard for standardized tests, which is why they get upset if they score “sub-par”. Anyone would be ****ed if he/she studied 4 hours a day every day for a year on the SAT and got 2100. (but who would srsly do that?)</p>
<p>I got 2200 on the past October test and I’m retaking it mainly because
- I can & I don’t have anything to lose per se if I take it again
- I need a high SAT score to make up for my mediocre ECs.</p>
<p>Any score above a 2100 is without a doubt good, but the question is whether or not it’s enough.</p>
<p>btw I’m not applying to any Ivies and I still hope to get 2250+</p>
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<p>How is Naviance unreliable? It has profiles for nearly all universities and colleges, which contain information about SAT/ACT scores, acceptance rates, etc. I know that Naviance isolates the information for students from your high school specifically, but they also have more detailed, comprehensive college profiles that take into account all applicants and admits. I’m getting these numbers from the college profiles. I say this because the average SAT score of students accepted to Harvard from my school is 1860.</p>
<p>If you still insist that these scores are misrepresentative, then please, point me to a more reliable source.</p>
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<p>No one can expect to get into HYP with any SAT score. Certainly, a higher SAT score will naturally yield a higher chance of acceptance, but that does not mean you absolutely need a high score to warrant a chance at all. </p>
<p>This may be besides the point, but as a hooked applicant, the terms “hooked” and “unhooked” make me sick.</p>
<p>“the average SAT score of students accepted to Harvard from my school is 1860.”</p>
<p>And I’m a Chinese jet pilot.</p>
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Yes, but we are not talking about the bottom 25% of SAT scores of accepted students. We are talking about the middle 50%, the minimum score an applicant should ideally have. The ranges you provided for the middle 50% of HYP accepted scores are extremely wide, nearing 300 points.</p>
<p>@the original post:
I was extremely sad and genuinely disappointed with my 2280, mainly because I did so badly on math, which was the only thing that lowered my entire score.<br>
It should be evident who is fishing for compliments and who isn’t.</p>
<p>It’s all based on the individual. But I do agree that it is very annoying. I’ve seen a girl in my class cry because she got a 90 in a class. People like that deserve to have white hairs at 40 IMO.</p>
<p>PioneerJones, I’m not sure I understand what you are saying. Naviance at my school just shows data for students accepted from my school. If you are saying it is not specific to your school then I don’t see why it wouldn’t be accurate.</p>
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<p>It’s because we’ve only had two people ever get into Harvard, and both were heavily recruited divers.</p>
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<p>So you doubt the legitimacy of these numbers simply because there is a large variation? Unless Naviance grossly misrepresents college admissions information, or I am misinterpreting their data, I assure you these numbers are legitimate. </p>
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<p>If you log onto your Naviance account and go to a college’s profile, the first thing you see is a chart listing the data of students from your school who applied to that specific college. Directly below that graph, there are five gray rectangular icons that read GENERAL INFO, ADMISSIONS, FINANCIAL AID, MAJORS AND DEGREES, and STUDENT LIFE. If you click on the ADMISSIONS icon, it will give you a profile of the college’s acceptance rate, average GPA of admits, and middle 50% figures for SAT/ACT scores.</p>
<p>^ All I’m trying to say is without a more precise score for the 50% (preferably coming from the colleges themselves) and not a huge range of scores varying by hundreds of point, I’m inclined to believe that a 2150 (which doesn’t even translate to a 33 on the ACT) is simply not sufficient for the average applicant to have a good shot at admission to HYP.</p>
<p>Perhaps not a good shot, as you might perceive it, but a shot nonetheless. It’s impossible to gauge your chances. If you have a 2150, who’s to say you won’t be the 2150 that gets into HYP?</p>
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Well, yeah, that’s what I’ve been saying all along. 2150 will give you a small shot, but not one the average applicant would want to put his bets on for HYP. My original post was directed at this comment:
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<p>^The impression I get is that HYP tends to look at more than SAT’s. I believe that after you pass a certain threshold, your lumped as academically competent and judged on EC’s and things you did outside of school anyways.</p>