ED and Nov. SAT Scores

MeredithBelle
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:02:14 +0000

ehhhhhhh if I didn’t know you were an international applicant, I would still stand by my answer. Smith Admissions & deans have openly spoken about their belief that SAT scores largely break down by race & class/aren’t as reliable measures of who should be admitted. There are also very very few merit scholarships, anyway, almost all fin aid given is need-based. Though I’m middle class & Smith pays my tuition based on need. Not to mention with outside aid (which you should be looking for if you’re smart about getting the funds to pay for college/need that assistance) + not being on the meal plan, I go basically for free. So the point is even though I have no idea how much SAT scores factor into who receives merit aid awards, not only has Smith displayed a negative attitude towards heavily weighing standardized test scores in general, but your chances are much much higher for receiving need-based aid if you apply for fin aid, which has everything to do with what your fin aid forms indicate, not your SAT scores or whatever. And that you don’t need to live in a box to get good aid from Smith.

Though I checked & you’re absolutely right about international applicants still needing to submit scores & I do have to say since ED decisions are made by December with notification mid-December if I remember correctly, it’ll be a crunch. I second everyone else in calling admissions- they might just wait for your SAT scores if they don’t get them in time & put you in the RD pool but I could be totally wrong.