<p>If you have 5’s on 15-16 APs and good subject SAT scores ( around 800 ), will a low SAT 1 score (2250) hurt your application? This is with a GPA of 4.0 and decent extra curricular actvities. Have some national level awards as well.</p>
<p>Also, will 3 subject SATs be good enough ? Math, Physics, and Chemistry.</p>
<p>That is not a low Sat score and is very competitive for pretty much any school unless your are applying to engineering and scored say a 700 or high 600.</p>
<p>Where did you get the impression it is low?</p>
<p>Depends what you are applying as. Some colleges require certain subject tests. Usually a math and a science one so you should be fine. I wouldn’t bother retaking the SAT I, it’s fine with all of your other stats. Your essays and recs have to be great as well, not all about numbers.</p>
<p>Thanks for the positive feedback. Also, I forgot to mention that the colleges that I am referring to here are Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton primarily. </p>
<p>Well most people tell me that a score above 2300 is respectable, so I figured 2250 was low.
Also, I want to know if all of the above colleges look at superscores ?</p>
<p>I think Princeton and Stanford superscore if I’m not mistaken. Really though, your numbers are fine for these schools. Now it’s about making yourself stand out with the essays and recs, there are lots of other applicants like you with high stats that want to get in. Some have hooks to, like first-gen to go to college, URM, LEGACY. Have you thought of applying to a safety or two?</p>
<p>Changes of admission at your target schools are very low no matter what. Be sure that you have other schools that you will be admitted to, you will be able to afford, and that you will like attending.</p>
<p>Yes, I will have some safety schools.</p>
<p>That is a LOW SAT I score? I had a score 20 points than that, 3 AP scores (but currently taking 5 AP’s) and got accepted into 3 Ivies (each of which offered me elite programs such as Cornell’s Research Scholar) and MIT… White/Caucasian, no legacy hooks, just good essays & recs that clearly demonstrated passion, and a lot of community leadership. I hope that helps. :)</p>
<p>I think SAT I is a lot easier than 15-16 APs.</p>
<p>With those objective stats, a 2250 is fine. A higher SAT 1 should offer little additional benefit. At this point it is your essays, LORs, and EC’s that need to stand out to get you noticed. Every year we hear of kids with that many APs, 2400 SAT or 36 ACT, lots of EC’s, etc. getting rejected from some or all of these schools.</p>
<p>At the time I apply I will only have 13 AP scores and will be taking the other 3 AP courses in my senior year. I have counted them all to make it 16. Hope that makes no difference.</p>
<p>Now, my question is what makes a good EC?</p>
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<p>No one should have false confidence with that kind of stats, let alone without.</p>
<p>If you are capable of 16 APs with 5s, get your 2400 SAT in 1-2 tries.</p>
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<li>2250 a low SAT score? Not even.</li>
<li>15-16 APs…well ****ttt I feel stupid now.
Honestly you already know the answer to this question.</li>
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