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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 Mysticaura (Mysticaura) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:21 am: Edit

of course it has happened

By Babybird87 (Babybird87) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:30 am: Edit

1420 is a great score, you don't need to "make up" for it

By Jangel86 (Jangel86) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:12 pm: Edit

It is definitely possible, but if you want to "make up" for your score, work on upping your GPA/class rank. Most colleges use the SAT II's more for placement.

By Jangel86 (Jangel86) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:13 pm: Edit

Actually, I know one kid with a 1380 that got in to Cornell. He didnt' have spectacular grades, EC's, and he wasn't an athlete. I don't think that he was a legacy, but I'm not sure.

By Tula (Tula) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:15 pm: Edit

what about for calculating the Academic Index? It looks like SAT II's also play quite a big part in your AI rating. True?

By Chocoman (Chocoman) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:26 pm: Edit

•••• the academic index.

By Spright (Spright) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:32 pm: Edit

My friend is at Yale with a 1440 (800 verbal). He is very good at piano, though.

By Spright (Spright) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 05:33 pm: Edit

My friend is at Yale with a 1440 (800 verbal), if that provides any perspective. He is quite good at piano, though, so that maybe have made a difference.

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

i guess write a really good essay and hopefully your grades are "ivy" standard and youll get in, havent you been reading this board, many people with near perfect sats get rejected all the time, your score shows that you gave a loot of effort but yuo didnt live in sat practice book, lol-goo luck thoughj-

By Irock1ce (Irock1ce) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 06:34 pm: Edit

omg 1420 is quite good. Look at the freaking midle 50% chart thing for each school and your in pretty much all of them.

By Journkid (Journkid) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 09:53 pm: Edit

The annals of Ivy League admissions history are littered with stories of machines with 1600s getting rejected and people with 1400s getting accepted. Sell yourself well, write a good essay and make sure your grades and ECs are strong. Honestly, your grades and ECs and essay would need to be strong EVEN IF your SAT was higher than 1420. A 1500+ SAT doesn't excuse you from other weaknesses.

By Leely888 (Leely888) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 10:17 pm: Edit

Did anybody WHO IS ASIAN get into the Ivies with a 1420?

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

Short and simple: yes.

By Sqingx (Sqingx) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:13 am: Edit

people get into georgetown with 1290s

By Williamzhang (Williamzhang) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 07:13 am: Edit

Yes, this year, from P.R.China,mainland:
Dartmouth: a boy 1430
Columbia: a boy below 1400
MIT: a boy below 1300
Harvard: a boy with no SAT, but grand prize in ISEF(Zhu Yuanchen)
etc

By Csugarman (Csugarman) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 08:22 am: Edit

Actually, my friend got into Yale with a 1250 or a 1220, I forget which exactly. But she was passionate about the French language and studied abroad in France for a while.
I also know someone who got into Cornell with a 1280.