Anyone here accepted class of 2015 with below 2000 SAT?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>If so, please posts complete stats. Same format as in the results thread. I am taking the SAT in November and I’m just curious if many people got in below 2000.</p>

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<p>Trying to figure out why a NA applicant with:</p>

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<p>would take the SAT at all, no less with the possibility of getting <2000?</p>

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<p>From what I’ve heard/read, some colleges have a slight favoring for the SAT. Plus it can show a further academic prowess if I do well.</p>

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<p>Incorrect on both counts. </p>

<p>The era of bias in favor of the SAT is long over. </p>

<p>Taking the SAT I on top of a 35 ACT shows an obsessive interest in excelling on standardized tests, not “a further academic prowess.” To impress top colleges, spend your time pursuing your academic or extracurricular interests, not taking the SAT I.</p>

<p>And just out of curiosity, if you got at 35 on the ACT, what makes you think you’d get below a 2000 on the SAT?</p>

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<p>Please corroborate. The tests are quite different, I expect to do well but who knows </p>

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<p>“Please corroborate” Apply logic. Yale spends thousands of dollars and manhours recruiting in all corners of the country. In vast areas, people do not take the ACT. According to your theory, these people are automatically disadvantaged – for what purpose? What on earth would Yale gain by discriminating against people b/c of the type of test they take? Even if they felt one was not a good measure of something, they would then make accomodations to even it out. </p>

<p>Think about it.</p>

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<p>^Did I ever say Yale discriminates against the ACT? No. I simply meant that because of the SAT’s more traditional constituencies, it might be better. Plus, Yale observes all of the best sections of different SAT test dates, as with almost all colleges, these days.</p>

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<p>Since you specifically started a thread on the Y forum asking about SAT scores, then yes, your earlier statement:</p>

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<p>implies that you believe that Y prefers the SAT over the ACT.</p>

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<p>My son never took the SAT. He is a 2015 student and was accepted with a 35 on the ACT. This was his one and only attempt.</p>

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<p>Guys keep in mind colleges use their own concordance tables. Maybe a 35 ACT at Yale only correlates to a 2200 SAT?</p>

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<p>^ unlikely.</p>

<p>Our student submitted the ACT and 3 SAT2s…
and is in the class fo 2015</p>

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<p>The CB concordance table: </p>

<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/act-sat-concordance-tables.pdf[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;

<p>puts a 35 at 1540-1590 (CR+M); so from 770-790 per section or about 2310-2370 for all 3 sections.</p>

<p>Looking at the Y 2010-11 Common Data Set for the 25:75 SAT range:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.yale.edu/oir/cds.pdf[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/oir/cds.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For CR+M the range is 1410-1590, which if you look again at the concordance table is equivalent to about 32-35 ACT. The Y Common Data Set says that the 25:75 ACT range was 32-35, so Y is definitely not downgrading the ACT.</p>

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<p>I said I have read that colleges MIGHT favor the SAT. I creates this thread to sort out all these things.</p>

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<p>In short, I think you should be more than fine with a 35.</p>

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<p>I’ve had 2 kids get in who never took the SAT I – one had a 35 ACT and the other a 34. Don’t bother.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the advice everyone, but the reason for this thread was for those who did just alright on the ACT or SAT and still got in.</p>

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<p>The common data set answers your original question.</p>

<p>Applying to Harvard? Ask there.</p>