<p>What should a sophomore planning to go to ivy league aim for?</p>
<p>What sat score?
PSAT?
ACT?</p>
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<p>Depends who you are. Test scores are good, but they themselves do not get you in the door. 700+ on each SAT section is a good goal, but there are many other factors. PSAT scores pretty much only depend on what state you live in.</p>
<p>No set score, but there’s an average score range:</p>
<p>For cornell, SAT: 1310 - 1500 M+CR / ACT: 29-33.
For yale, SAT: 1410-1590 M+CR / ACT: 32-35.</p>
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<p>I’m just going to copy and paste it from this other post I made:</p>
<p>My (sophomore) PSAT score is:
M: 73
W: 54 (icky… Does anyone know any good test prep book?)
CR: 69</p>
<p>My freshman year GPA is:
Unweighted: 3.83333333333 (and so on)
Weighted: 4.5
Class rank: 13/307</p>
<p>I took all advanced classes (PreAP Algebra2, PreAP English, PreAP Biology -Our school doesn’t have a history class for freshman o.o)</p>
<p>Sophomore GPA:
Unweighted: 4
Weighted: 4.666666
Class rank: 3/314</p>
<p>I took three advanced classes (PreAP English, Enriched -Which is basically advanced- World History, and PreCalc -it’s weighted, I don’t know why…)</p>
<p>Extracurricular?
Err… Not so well…</p>
<p>Academic Decathalon 2009-2010
French Club 2010-2011
Anytown 2010-2011
Calculus Club 2010-2011
Yearbook Staff 2010-2011</p>
<p>And I am in National Honor Society </p>
<p>SOOO, what should be my range?
thanks (:</p>
<p>And I just got a 2000/2400.
WOW.
Not the best… But I usually get aroung 1700 (not using the blue book)
So I took a practice test from the blue book… </p>
<p>AND WOW. A FREAKIN’ 2000/2400</p>
<p>:')</p>
<p>Pretty good ECs, I guess. But get some more racked up, and especially ones that you’ll be committed too for the rest of high school.</p>
<p>SAT? I’d say 2100-2400. 2200+ to be safe.
ACT? I’d say 32-36. 34+ to be safe.
PSAT? Doesn’t matter that much.</p>
<p>@OP: PSAT is only for National Merit Scholarship. It’s not used in admissions directly (the score).</p>
<p>yeah but it indicates SAT success.</p>
<p>The scores you should aim for are 2400, 240, and 36. You might not be able to do it, but you definitely shouldn’t be aiming any lower than perfection.</p>
<p>As a 2400/236/36er, here’s my one piece of advice:</p>
<p>Read. Read everything you can, as long as it’s well written. This would be everything from the books you’re assigned in English class to non-fiction stuff on any topic you’re interested in to news articles online. You’ll naturally get better at writing if you read a ton. You’ll get better at reading. You’ll learn to think in new ways. PM me if you’d like help.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, a 2000 SAT isn’t going to be enough for the Ivies. With your ECs not being so hot, you’re going to need amazing test scores. But I don’t work for the Ivy adcoms, so I’m just guessing.</p>