Chances for an international with unfortunate SATs?

foolishpleasure
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:06:17 +0000

“it should be noted that there are lots of ways other than race for this to occur.”

^^^ Absolutely!! That’s why I said “common mythology” that only urm applicants are admitted with such low numbers. And, while I wish OP the best of luck, I suspect that many of the applicant in the 4.6% pool fell into one of the special/“hooked” categories to which Stacy referred. Or they may have submitted other standardized scores (AP or IB tests) that suggest the SAT math score was an aberration.

But, continuing the lottery analogy: ya gotta be in it, ta win it. If this is the year that both oboe players graduate and the college is willing to cut an oboe virtuoso some slack, you have absolutely no chance of being next year’s first chair oboe, regardless of how strong your academic profile, unless you apply. So apply, keep your grades up and your fingers crossed - - that’s all you can do (unless, maybe, your family can fund a chair in the Econ dept.).