flyingllama

Well, it's statistically very, very rare to get in with an SAT score below 2000.

Hatoyama

Why on earth would the OP check out GS if he's in high school? High school students apply to CC or SEAS.

confidentialcoll

you're saying the same thing, and I explained why you are incorrect. The average student has a 1/10 chance, if you have like a 1800-2000, you would have like a 1/15 or 1/20 chance. That's not statistically very rare compared to the original 1/10 chance. Empirically they might even admit 1/12 or 1/13 kids with 1800-2000, because most kids with low scores applying to columbia usually have strong other parts to their application.

You need to realize that just because almost everyone you knew who got into Columbia had high scores, and many low scores were rejected, it isn't grounds for a theorem that you're fcked with lower scores. I, on the other hand, have seen that people get in with 1800-2000, without a crazy hook, just because they have otherwise an all round strong application. This disproves your hypothesis.

iwantcollege09

this is all so silly -- learn something about the school besides the fact that it happens to be an ivy. then maybe you will find which one you like rather than which one you can get into. and a lot of great schools arent part of the ivy league...but are ranked higher than ivy league schools...uuuuuughhh. and this is coming from someone who will be at an ivy next year!

muerteapablo

HYP - not a chance
Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown - still no way
Cornell CAS, engineering, Architecture - highly unlikely
Columbia GS, Penn Nursing, Cornell State schools - maybe

kexin365

even tho you do have great stats. but I think you should still retake your SAT's and try a above 2100 for the ivies.
they're too selective .

Lobzz

Contrary to popular belief, life is soooo much easier for internationals. 2 anecdotes: My best friend had no awards, no stand-out ECs and nothing spectacular in particular. He had a 1980 SATI and 800 790 680 SATII with a 3.75-3.8 GPA and he made it into Duke, Hopkins, Northwestern, CMU, UVa, and Imperial College London. Another friend of mine had very average ECs, Full IB(did okay), very good REC letters, and 1890 SATI (didnt take SATII) and he got into Brown, Berkeley, Wharton (waitlist--->out), Yale (waitlist---In, i think).

just wanted to make a few things clear... Didnt mean to hijack the thread..... yes I did

Epaminondas

^I think that depends on whether the country is overrepresented at Ivies or underrepresented.

confidentialcoll

you're basing this on two data points sherlock. As Epam said, if your nationality is unrepresented or severely underrep then it is a big boost. If you're coming from India, China, Singapore, HK etc. you are at a serious disadvantage. I know for a fact that the kids from Singapore (local schools more than international) generally find Columbia a complete cake walk, they are by and large used to a much much tougher system and tend to rock @ cu. If they almost all find it easy, then we're not taking enough of them, so they are disadvantaged.

Lobzz

Oh... Well, I'm from Egypt which is probably underrepresented... So basically, URNs are exactly like URMs but with worse chances of getting FA?