Where did your SAT 2100-2200 child get in?

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<p>I know there was a similar thread with a range of 1950-2100. However, I wanted to create this thread because it seems that most people believe that the ideal SAT range for the top schools is a 2200+. I feel like everyone in the 2100s gets lost in the mix. It stinks to be so close to that ideal range, but not quite there. </p>

<p>Please share which schools your child, if they scored in the 2100-2200 range, was accepted/rejected at. </p>

<p>Don't forget to mention whether he or she had any special hooks, applied ED, or got in later off the waitlist.</p>

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<p>Bumping this…</p>

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<p>2160
The Honors College at my flagship.
Colgate
Macalester–attending</p>

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<p>My cousin:</p>

<p>2150 SAT
34 ACT</p>

<p>Accepted to Harvard, Columbia, Brown, and UCLA (probably more).</p>

<p>She lived in a foreign country at the time of application, which probably helped her a little.</p>

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<p>2160, applied RD to all, no special hooks</p>

<p>Accepted: Northwestern (attending), U of Michigan, U of Wisconsin, U of Colorado, U of Denver</p>

<p>Waitlisted: Notre Dame, Colorado School of Mines (decided not to stay on the waitlist of either)</p>

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<p>2100-2200 do not get lost in the mix. They are admitted to HYPSM…the rest of the IVY’s, MIT, CALTech, the top LAC’s and all of the other top unis — as well as honors colleges at almost every state university. If you look at the admitted student threads for top schools…and lots of other schools…you will see that 2100 -2200 SAT students do exceptionally well.</p>

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<p>College admissions depends on GPA too. 2100-2200 with 3.6 uw GPA has different results from 2100-2200 with 4.0 uw GPA. It also depends on how many APs, ie course rigor, etc…</p>

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<p>2140 - top 6% of class, but B+ to A- average in academic courses. </p>

<p>Got into: Tufts, U of Chicago (EA), Vassar, American
Rejected: Brown, Harvard (legacy), Georgetown (SFS - applied EA deferred to regular round, but they don’t reject anyone early)</p>

<p>He was very happy with his acceptances and considered the schools that rejected him extremely long shots.</p>

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<p>Our son -
2160, ACT 33, 4.0+ co-val, took 7 AP’s of 8 offered); Applied to Arts & Sciences with an undecided major -
Accepted Northwestern, Georgetown, OSU Honors, Miami (OH) Honors, waitlisted Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt; rejected Harvard, Yale, Duke, Stanford. No hooks. All RD.
Attending Georgetown University (College - A&S)</p>

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<p>S with a 2180 SAT/32 ACT and a 3.25 GPA did not do well.</p>

<p>Accepted: Marquette (attending with over 30K in merit aid), Xavier, Pitt, Bryant, Seattle, James Madison, Loyola Chicage, UMass. Waitlisted: Bentley. Denied: Washington and Lee, William and Mary, Babson, Lehigh. Got merit aid at most schools he was accepted to. </p>

<p>Took most rigorous courseload available at his school. GPA definitely hurt him.</p>

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<p>S with a 2180 SAT/32 ACT and a 3.25 GPA did not do well.</p>

<p>Accepted: Marquette (attending with over 30K in merit aid), Xavier, Pitt, Bryant, Seattle, James Madison, Loyola Chicage, UMass. Waitlisted: Bentley. Denied: Washington and Lee, William and Mary, Babson, Lehigh. Got merit aid at most schools he was accepted to. </p>

<p>Took most rigorous courseload available at his school. GPA definitely hurt him.</p>

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<p>A student with these scores could get in anywhere, depending on other factors such as grades, “character,” background, and extracurricular talents and activities. Top schools are not looking for a campus full of kids with 750-800 SAT’s (though a student should be able to do the work). They want an interesting mix of people on campus, as a whole.</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>2100 has a chance just about anywhere, even without a hook. The rest of the app has to be very good of course, but that’s true anywhere.</p>

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<p>My youngest D (only kid whose numbers I still remember):
2120 SAT, 3.7 GPA</p>

<p>Accepted: Bryn Mawr, Skidmore, Kenyon, Mt. Holyoke, and BU (actually offered some merit money)
Rejected: Washington University, Barnard, and Vassar</p>

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<p>^That Vassar result is probably the difference between being a boy and a girl.</p>

<p>BTW son mentioned above got a great merit scholarship at American.</p>

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<p>Me with 2150 SAT and 3.86 GPA.</p>

<p>Accepted: Smith, BU, Hendrix, St. Edward’s, UT Austin (auto admit)
Waitlisted: Vassar
Rejected: Carleton</p>

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<p>Me with 2140 SAT and 3.8 GPA (4.2 weighted) instate Virginia</p>

<p>Accepted: UVA (attending), Virginia Tech, William and Mary, University of Pittsburgh
Rejected: Duke</p>

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<p>D with 2120 SAT and a 3.96 UW GPA</p>

<p>Accepted: Northwestern(attending), USC, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCD, U of Michigan, U of Wisconsin, and BU(with Merit aide)</p>

<p>Rejected: Brown</p>

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<p>S with 2170 SAT, Class Rank 7/392 at large public high school (UW GPA over 96)</p>

<p>Accepted:
Davidson (attending)
Vassar
Tufts
Oberlin
Northeastern Honors
Lewis & Clark</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
WashU
Lehigh</p>

<p>Rejected:
Harvard
Princeton
UChicago (deferred EA)</p>

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<p>D with 2120, one time, 4.0 GPA unweighted got into U of Alabama (honors), U of Pitt (honors), U of Idaho (honors), U of Washington (honors), U of Portland, Lafayette, Northwestern, and Rice (attending)</p>

<p>A good amount of merit and/or financial aid at most of them.</p>