Where did your SAT 1950-2100 child get in?

[jym626]

Maybe someone got this thread mixed up with the bragging thread.

Never mind.

[maidenMom]

i really think there needs to be a "like" button!

[thumper1]

Given a range from 1950 to 2100, which number is not within that range?

A. 2140.
B. A slightly higher ACT score.
C Both A and B

I pick.....C!!

And unless you ARE an adcom...you do not know whether 40 points more on the SAT is significant for an applicant or not.

[MDdad2012]

OK folks, let's give it a rest. People are belaboring the point. A 2140 is not that far out of the OP's initial request.

[jym626]

Uh oh... the thread police are patrolling.....

Laughter is the best medicine, especially at stressful college admission times.

[Frenchmother]

My daughter, an international student, who did all whole school years in French, within the French system, one of the most difficult in the world, got 1950 in her SAT. She is an A+ student, fluent in three languages, in addition to latin! She did get in Tufts, NYU, Boston U (with scholarship), Trinity College and GWU (scholarship too!), waitlisted at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, denied at Penn. All what they say about SAT scores not being the most important part of the application is wrong. All Ivies expect 2200 and more. Too bad for them, they lose potential and gain attitude!

[Deborah T]

Keep the laughter! Just make sure it's not at someone else's expense.

[thumper1]

In 2006, my DD got accepted to Santa Clara University, University of South Carolina (with a McKissick Scholarship), University of San Diego. Her SAT scores were barely 1950. However, it should be noted that she applied very early to ALL of these schools...EA to USD and SCU, and application done to South Carolina by October 15. Both USD and SCU accept a larger %age of students in the EA round.

[PNWedwonk]

SAT: 2030
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.9 UW most challenging course load
Rank: top 11%
light on ECs but they show breadth of interests and commitment to diversity

Accepted: Western Washington U Honors (6K merit), University of Rochester (13K merit)(double legacy), University of Washington Honors
Rejected: Tufts and Cornell

Likely to attend UW Honors unless UR FinAid is surprising

[muf123]

After reading through this thread I realize my kid needs to put more schools on her list. She's a JR and she came home from BS with a list of schools that she and her advisor put together.
We are from NY. She's a B student, 1900ish SAT, 29 ACT & Impressive ECs,IB program. She's on the swim team and played field hockey but will not be a recruit.
We just came back from touring Claremont, Occidental,UCLA,Pepperdine and USD.
She also wants NYU, Fordham and U Miami.
I think some of these schools are out of her range. Does it help a lot that we will be full pay?
She is interested in American Lit and film.
Can someone suggest other schools? PMs are welcome.
Sorry OP, don't want to highjack the thread but I feel like I'm in the same boat as you.

[howsefrau32]

I live in Florida and we know many people whose children have gone to U of Miami. I can tell you this, if you are a full pay, I bet they will let you in. My daughter was in shock that a girl on her crew team got in to Miami last year, she was a B student at best with not the greatest SAT scores, but she got in. Her parents had money, made more than $300,000 a year. She ended up not going because her parents where FURIOUS that they would not give her daughter any sort of merit aid and they refused to help her at all. It was a shame that her parents wouldn't help her, she wanted to study marine biology and Miami was her dream school. We know of a few other people with kids that didn't have the greatest grades of SAT's and still got in there too, because their parents had money. Now they were not awful students, but they did not have the grades and scores that Miami claims that you need to have. That's pretty much the talk around her about Miami. Great school, and our favorite college football team....go Hurricanes!

[londonb]

My daughter graduated from high school back in 2008, but maybe this will help someone: NYU Liberal Studies Program (attended), McGill Arts (Arts is a separate faculty from Science), George Washington University, Boston University (merit $$), Pitt, and whoops, one more can't remember

Waitlisted: Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis - declined waitlists after accepting NYU's offer
Rejected: Tufts and UChicago (deferred EA, then rejected)

SAT score was within the range/3.8 GPA; 16/500 - 6 APs

[londonb]

"get into college in the past two or three years"

guess I broke the rules too

[Collgbrwsr]

1970 SAT
29 ACT
4.5 GPA

Accepted: Cal Poly, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara

[spellonyou]

SAT I: CR-720, W-680, M-530
estimated 3.4 UW GPA , 8 or 9 honors classes, no AP's
Accepted: Smith, Beloit, Earlham, Kalamazoo, Knox, Hendrix, Bard, NCF
Waitlisted: Bryn Mawr
Rejected: Pitzer, Scripps