<p>SAT: 670 M, 730 V (1400) 720 W (2120)
660 M, 740 V (1400) 770 W (2170)
Composite: 670 M, 740 V (1410) 770 W (2180)</p>
<p>GPA: This is a bit complicated, but stay with me haha… i have around a 90 average at my Canadian private school which i attend… this translates to a 4.0 apparently (below)… i had a 4.0 at my old school in grades 9 and 10</p>
<p>APs: US History (awaiting results); next year: English Lit, English Comp, Macro Economics, European History
<strong>Note</strong>: Not many APs are offered at my school and i have taken a REASONABLY DEMANDING COURSELOAD</p>
<p>ECs: Varsity Hockey 4 years, Varsity Rugby 3 years, Varsity Soccer 2 years, School Prefect, Debating (NATIONALS this year… possibly WORLDS next year), Jazz Band 4 years, ~ 120-150 hours community service</p>
<p>Awards: Deans list all through grades 9 and 10, Ridley Scholar Grades 11 and 12, Academic Tie, Geography Award, History Award, English Honorable Mention</p>
<p>I think thats it… i probably forgot a thing or two… if so, please remind me…</p>
<p>Hey guys where do you live Canada?
i’m from vancouver. </p>
<p>Also to american<em>in</em>canada, a “reasonably demanding” course probably isn’t enough for ivy admissions. You’ll have to perhaps convince your counselor that you have the MOST DEMANDING COURSELOAD.</p>
<p>Great scores you have. I wish that I’m your position. Also, make sure you get 700+ scores on your subject tests. Start on your essays NOW, and inform your teachers RIGHT AWAY in september about writing recs. Basically, there’s no secret formula. Everything depends on what you do and how you do it. Ivy admissions don’t always have to be that “mysterious” or “vague.” It’s just college admissions. nothing more.</p>
<p>those are not great scores they are median scores for students entering Princeton and they will do nothing to help you, although i don’t think they will hurt you. That being said, keep up the work, take on the most demanding course load you can and as the previous poster said work on those subject tests</p>
<p>unless you’re getting recruited or are a URM, those scores hurt you. but you are very involved, so that’s definitely a good thing. your chances at pton are a crapshoot, but apply to a lot of different schools that you like and you’ll be happy come april. just do your best and don’t get too attached to any particular school. good luck!</p>
<p>Folks, seriously, any SAT score above the 2100+ range is already GOOD ENOUGH for an ivy admission. Admissions officials aren’t really looking for the difference between a 2100 and a 2300. In fact, there really isn’t that much difference at all. According former dartmouth admissions assistant director Michele Hernandez, once you achieve the standard ivy SAT range (2100+), you will basically considered for “further review.” By that time, it’ll be up to your ECs and essays and recs that are going to boost you into the potential acceptance pool. </p>
<p>A composite of 2180 certainly WON’T hurt you. SATs are simply hard statistics. Essays, ECs, and Recs are what will eventually make the distinction and get you in.</p>
<p>about the courseload… i was a new student this year, and they dont allow new students to take honors classes… so i did as well as i could in regular classes… and next year will be in almost all honors… </p>
<p>i’ve taken the most demanding courseload available TO ME even if it may not be the most demanding AVAILABLE… (caps for easy reading… not anger or spite)</p>
<p>you’re right, jimmy, that beyond a 700 or so per section won’t specifically hurt you, as in, it won’t immediately put you in the reject pile. but having a 2400 vs. a 2100 certainly helps a good deal. Why? It’s simple. Schools need to balance out certain admit groups that tend to have lower scores on average (athletes, legacies/rich kids, urms). So someone who has say, a 2400 definitely has the edge over someone with a 2200 or so, all other factors being equal. No, the 2200 isn’t gonna be hurt by SAT score alone. But unless that individual has a hook or a an absolutely all round stellar app, chances aren’t exactly great. I’m not trying to overstate the importance of SAT. But for those of us who aren’t internationally ranked squash players or haven’t won the USAMO or haven’t raised over a $100,000 for AIDs awareness and given talks across the country (in other words, us meer mortals =) ), the easiest way to get into a school like pton is to be perfectly well rounded. That means getting top grades, top SAT scores, several activities in which you’ve shown significant commitment and have had some recognition (not to say that you’re even the best in your school at it), spotless recs, etc. Basically, unless you’re truly special, you gotta perfect the same sorta things everyone else is doing and just hope that you get lucky. And besides those people who have whatever hook or special status, a good portion of the student body at pton did get lucky in getting in.</p>
<p>Well, all I’m saying is that it’d be much more worthwhile to spend your time perfecting your ECs, essays, and recs instead of working on your “already-good-enough-SAT-scores” (that is 2100+). </p>
<p>If hooks would get us in, why CAN’T we create/invent/make some sort of a HOOK? It always seems like hooks are simply mere dreams that will never happen to an average applicant.</p>
<p>Thats what were expected to do, I think.
We all need to do things that make us look different with a better application than the other applicant.</p>