Chances at Wharton?

1d51jklad1
Sun, 03 Jul 2016 15:21:04 +0000

@anthropologyanya an SAT score alone absolutely won’t get you into any top school. What they likely do, however, is ensure that you’ve met the requirements to be considered as a competitive applicant.

And 2330 is absolutely high enough for that. You’re a sophomore (apparently?) and I don’t know if you’ve taken the SAT/had experience with SAT testing yet, but when it comes time, you’ll realize that the difference between a 2330 and a 2400 could be as few as two or three incorrect questions. There isn’t some magic plus from getting a 2400 rather than a mid 2300–these schools reject something like 80% of kids with perfect SATs. Once you’ve hit the threshold, it’s past stats and down to the intangibles. There’s a reason why H/Y/S and co have 25th/75th percentiles in the range of around 2180 - 2350 rather than 2350 - 2400, and that’s because, once you’re past the base threshold, the relevance of higher test scores plummets.

@OP: again, stick with the 2330; it’s better than appearing to be a pedant over those last 70 points. Everything in your application is in the range of accepted students. Will you be accepted? Maybe–when schools admit 10% of the kids who apply, they can afford to pick and choose amongst applicants like yourself. I think you’re a competitive applicant at any school in the US, and if you present yourself well in your essays, you’ll come out of the admissions game just fine.