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Did anyone get into the Ivies and/or top 25 schools with a 1420 SAT score who is not a URM, recruited athlete, and does not have extraordinary ECs?

If SAT II scores are high(750+), would they make up for a 1420 SAT score?

thanks

By Sakky (Sakky) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:16 am: Edit

At any top 25 school? Sure indeed. Plenty of people with scores like that got into the big public schools that are in the top 25. For example, I believe the average SAT score at UCLA (ranked #25) was something like 1350. I believe the average score at the University of Michigan (ranked #22) is also somewhere in the 1300's.

By Soozievt (Soozievt) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:48 am: Edit

I believe a kid with a 1420 most definitely can and does get accepted to the most selective colleges, including Ivies. It is the whole package, not just the SATs. As you say you have SAT2 scores also in the 700s. If you put all that together with a high GPA with most demanding courses, good class rank, significant achievements, solid committed ECs and great recs, the 1420 would work just fine. If you look at the SAT ranges of accepted students as published in any directory, for a particular Ivy or top school, you will see that the range includes scores with 1420 at all these schools, so yes, these kids get accepted. Obviously there is way more to it than the scores alone. But those scores do indeed fall into the range of accepted students. The odds may be greater for a student with 1500 than a student with 1400, but students with 1400 still get accepted.

Susan

By Asianalto (Asianalto) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 01:06 pm: Edit

My brother got into Brown with a 1380. It happens. He also got into Dartmouth, but he's a legacy there, so I guess you'd discount that.

By Chocoman (Chocoman) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 01:47 pm: Edit

I think youre underestimating yourself, man. Most top colleges average scores are 1400-1450. That means half of the school has below that. And half a school wont be atheletes, legacies and minortiies.

By Celebrian23 (Celebrian23) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 04:25 pm: Edit

most schools don't have even 10% minorities, so plenty of people obviously had to get in with scores in the 50% range, athletes also only make up so much, and legacies at some schools only count ed (such as upenn) or there isn't much emphasis on it (like stanford), i think people feel like only "tagged" applicants can have scores in/below the range

By Dr_Juris (Dr_Juris) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 04:38 pm: Edit

Can you get into the Ivies with a 1420...without legacy status/athlete status/URM status/great EC's? I hate to say the answer is no. Obviously kids with 1420's get in, but they generally have something else going for them (i.e. URM, EC's, etc.)

As for the rest of the top 25...yes, you could get in with a 1420 (excluding Stanford, MIT, Caltech, the "top" of the top 25).

By Justice (Justice) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:19 pm: Edit

you should probably have some ECs. i know non-URM but superb artists/designers who get into Brown with 1100s.

By Brownhopeful101 (Brownhopeful101) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 10:12 pm: Edit

My sister got into Brown with a 1200 SAT...you've got a great chance!

By Bartoastt (Bartoastt) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 10:57 pm: Edit

my friend, with no special circumstances, got into yale with a 1420. you'll be fine. a 1420 is great

By Soulofheaven8 (Soulofheaven8) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:01 pm: Edit

Someone from my school got into Harvard with a 1400, non-URM, non-athlete.

By Firebird12637 (Firebird12637) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:12 pm: Edit

...but he probably had insanely good extracurriculars.

By Soulofheaven8 (Soulofheaven8) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 10:15 am: Edit

nope, not boast but his ECs are worse than mine.

By Justice (Justice) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 10:29 am: Edit

not to be mean soulofheaven, but he probably had some ECs or personality traits that impressed people. you didn't get into brown or yale with your stats and you claim to have great ECs...

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 09:21 pm: Edit

Friend's daughter got into UPenn with a 1380 SAT I, 3.8 GPA, decent but not exceptional extracurriculars...applied ED though.

By Soulofheaven8 (Soulofheaven8) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 09:45 pm: Edit

lol, you misunderstood me. I meant to say that my ECs are bad and his ECs are even worse. We use to kid each other all the time about how we got into our colleges with the sort of ECs we have.

By Starryqt22 (Starryqt22) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 10:33 pm: Edit

My brother's friend got accepted to stanford with a 1270

By Liek0806 (Liek0806) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 10:47 pm: Edit

1420 obviously qualifies you for ivy or top 25. however i doubt you'll be getting in if you don't have extraordinary ec's or a hook.

By Slipper2002 (Slipper2002) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:59 am: Edit

IF you have top grades and good ECs you can get in. I know plenty of people arounf this score at Ivies

By Encomium (Encomium) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:14 pm: Edit

kid last year got into a penn with a 1360. good EC's (but not AMAZING), pretty stupid kid though