<p>Hey…
just wondering if anyone got into stanford who didn’t have a sat score above 2000…im applying to stanford with an 1860…so i just feel pretty depressed about my chances… lol…alrite TY.</p>
<p>Yeah some dude got in with a 1700…</p>
<p>athletes, URMs, QB applicants.</p>
<p>Didn’t you even bother to look at the list of threads related to Stanford? The most popular topic right now is about some kid who supposedly got a 1700 and was accepted at Stanford. I’m sure it happens sometimes.</p>
<p>Yea it happens. One of my friends who goes to stanford has a roommate who got in with a score in the 1900s. The roommate is white, is not a legacy, and is not an athlete. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that your score out of 1600 is what counts. I did not ask but my guess is the roommate had decent score out of 1600. Colleges have not collected enough information on the writing portion of the SAT to make intelligent admissions decisions based on an applicant’s writing score.</p>
<p>When we went to the orientation for Stanford admission, they said they do consider your writing score. Usually if you have a good score out of 1600, chances are you have a decent writing score, but to say the writing portion doesn’t count would be incorrect.</p>
<p>yes one of the dudes down my hall got in with a 1900 and something…he does live in montana or something though. however, sat scores doesn’t justify much imo…apply nonetheless</p>
<p>A quote from Harry Bauld’s book, On Writing the College Application Essay:</p>
<p>“What the SAT actually measures is debatable. Admissions officers treat it as a test of neither aptitude nor intelligence, nor even as a reliable predictor of success in college. To them, it is simply a reflection of your achievement versus your background. in other words, a 580 verbal from a Chicago private-school girl whose parents, both lawyers, went to Harvard is not the same as a 580 verbal from a Mississippi farm girl whose home contains two books - TV Guide and the Bible. One is commonplace, the other extraordinary.”</p>
<p>Harry Bauld was an admissions officer at Brown and the assistant director of admissions at Columbia. In other words, whether your SAT is “good enough” or not really depends on your background. (In gman’s case, it clearly was.)</p>
<p>thanks guys,
yeah i read gman’s post… but that was the only case i heard before i read your posts… thanks for the input… im still going to apply to stanford even though i got a weak score… might as well give it a chance 
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thanks for the encouragement!</p>