Your SAT is below the 25th percentile for Yale.
Yes, but barely. The 25th %ile is 1480. And then there’s the fact that at least 14% of this year’s freshman class didn’t even submit test scores. So, when those additional 14% of accepted applicants are factored in - and the assumption is that they were all below the 25th %ile or they would have submitted - then I think that this student is in fact above the 25th %ile of ALL accepted applicants. Let’s throw into the mix that the 25th %ile on the ACT for this year’s freshman class was 33, which converts to an SAT of roughly 1460. So again, compared only to all test takers, we are within the 25th %ile before even getting to that other 14%.
Yale tells us that standardized test scores are not an important factor for admissions. They will be considered if submitted but are not seen as important. In that light, I can’t imagine that any admissions officer would rule her out on the basis of a 1470 or believe on that basis that she isn’t capable of meeting the standard required to do the work at Yale.