<p>Seiclan,</p>
<p>Congratulations re Emory! Great your son did not listen to the college counselor or worry too much about the rejection/deferral lists on this site. The individual does matter at least at some schools.</p>
<p>I think, as a few posters here had advised, that ED can really make a difference at some schools. I believe that applying early was the way to go, especially since my son really did have clear preference for the school.</p>
<p>My dd had a 1960 SAT with SATII Literature and US History in the mid 600s.
She takes an extremely rigorous schedule and has a 3.8 GPA.
She applied to one school, ED and got in with our Tuition Exchange Scholarship.
We live in New York.
She is going to Muhlenberg College :)</p>
<p>My D (2140 SAT, 3.7 UW from competitive magnet) was deferred at William and Mary, which is basically a polite rejection. Not terribly surprised as she’s an OOS female, but still disappointing for her. Oh well, onward and upward.</p>
<p>Congrats to the OP’s son on Emory. Great school.</p>
<p>Forester… my S with almost the exact same stats as your D was also deferred from his ED school, a little surprising but not all together unreasonable for a few reasons… what really shocked us was his 2 other deferrals to safety schools on his list… and LOL, I know they are NOT safety schools now, but trying to figure out what is for kids in this range… like you said in a previous post… they are too good for soem schools, and not quite good enough for the tippy top… trying to figure out the right way to go… up or down the list…</p>
<p>Sorry, I’m no longer positive what D’s SAT scores were but believe they were in the range you mention. She finished HS after JR year (for reasons beyond her control) & went to CC. She only applied to one school as a transfer–USoCal, where she was admitted to start after 3 semesters of CC. It probably helped her that her 1st semester of CC was a 3.8 GPA and that she scored 4000 out of 4000 for the GED exam so she could enroll in CC. She’ll be graduating this spring. HS friends who had higher HS GPAs than her were NOT admitted to USC.</p>
<p>My son had a 2110 and got into Carnegie Mellon ED. Carnegie is actually one of the schools in which it is harder during ED - last year Carnegie had a 20% accept rate for ED and 33% during RD. So we are just so happy for him.</p>
<p>I have a 1950 SAT score, 700 CR 640 M and 610 W and I was accepted to SMU and University of Michigan Early Action. At SMU I was also offered $12,000 scholarship. I also got into UTAustin due to my rank.</p>
<p>Thank you for posting this, dazzlergirl!</p>
<p>Haven’t read all the posts to see if this was mentioned, but Florida requires FAFSA for even Bright Futures scholarships. So even if you take no financial aid other than that, you will have to fill out the forms.</p>
<p>There are some great score optional schools for kids who have high GPAs but don’t test well. Unfortunately for the OP they tend to be small liberal arts colleges. The larger schools are much more score sensitive. </p>
<p>Among the schools for bright but low scoring kids- Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Colorado College, Hamilton, Middlebury, NYU. Most schools require students to submit AP scores or SAT subject tests in the place of the SAT or ACT. Bates and Bowdoin are totally score optional, meaning you are not required to submit any standardized testing whatsoever.</p>
<p>The full list: [SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://fairtest.org/university/optional]SAT/ACT”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest)</p>
<p>D had an SAT in that range (I think 1980) and was accepted at Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas, OU, SMU and Texas A&M.</p>
<p>My D was in the range you list for CR+M (although near the top) and just barely (30 pts) above the range for all 3. </p>
<p>She got into Clemson w/ 60K scholarship and into UVA so far.</p>
<p>Sadly, D was denied outright by UVA. In at Rutgers New Brunswick (SAS Honors College, Scarlet Scholarship) and Agnes Scott (w/ nice merit).</p>
<p>similar scores…son (OOS) is in love with va tech for engineering…hoping for the best!</p>
<p>I’m resurrecting this thread because results are in now. We were so worried that our D, a very good student but not a top-tier one, would not get into an academically challenging college. She did not want to go to our state flagship (Rutgers). She had a 3.7 UW and 2140 SAT. She got into Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Lafayette, Fordham, American, St. Olaf, Agnes Scott, and Rhodes. She will probably choose either Wellesley or Bryn Mawr.</p>
<p>Lesson 1: we applied to too many places out of fear.
Lessson 2: women’s colleges are great opportunities for a very good female student who might be edged out at co-ed places of similar quality. My D has noticed that her male peers have had better acceptances than her female friends, although their stats are not better.</p>
<p>Thank you for resurrecting this thread. It can be very helpful to current HS Juniors who are getting back disappointing SAT/ACT scores. </p>
<p>Congrats Forester on your daughter’s great choices!</p>
<p>glad the thread is back! I can understand the fear part and applying to lots is school! my son is a junior this year and I’m feeling the cold breath of college rejections !!</p>
<p>I am posting in this thread because it is on the main CC page and peaked my interest. While I understand being worried about rejection of certain schools, I think one needs to factor in the intended major.</p>
<p>State Flagship + in-demand major = good path regardless.</p>
<p>…and since I was a Math/Computer Science as an undergrad (Systems Engineering as grad) and looking at many friends/co-workers through my 20+ years in the industry, one COULD of also done Community College + State Flagship + High-Demand Major = Good path.</p>
<p>In other words…college alone is not going to determine one’s fate.</p>
<p>Thanks for bringing this thread up. I got asked this question so I am curious about the answer.</p>