<p>SAT = 2150
Reading = 710
Math = 700
Writing = 740
Essay = 8</p>
<p>ACT = 33</p>
<p>your scores wouldn’t hurt your chances.</p>
<p>My D had those exact scores (except her essay was an 11) and she was waitlisted at Northwestern this year.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a “sure thing” when it comes to schools in the top 25.</p>
<p>Collegemom - my son also had the same type of scores. Where did your daughter apply and where did she get in. </p>
<p>MIT (EA) - Deferrred, (RD) Rejected
Northwestern - Accepted
Cornell - Waitlisted
Johns Hopkins - Rejected
Brown - Rejected
Carnegie Mellon - Accepted
University of Virginia - Accepted
University of Rochester - Accepted
Lehigh - Waitlisted (?)
Rennselaer - Accepted
then a couple safeties all accepted</p>
<p>The SAT is lower than the average score of <em>admitted</em> class of last year (CR+M = 1468).
The ACT is probably a bit higher or the same as the mean of the <em>admitted</em> students (my guess is 32 or 33).</p>
<p>But it’s about the whole package anyway. Those scores don’t hurt or help, IMO; NU can be a match or a reach depending on the quality of the other stuff.</p>
<p>PSAT was 226 so I would think there is room for improvement…especially on the essay.</p>
<p>i had a 2090 and was accepted this year. it really didn’t help me i am sure, but i had a few good essays I think that really pushed my case over. those scores seem to be just fine for NU… if you can, try to retake and get a better score.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>I had a 2060 and 32, and I was accepted to engineering, so yes, you definitely have a chance, depending on your essays and extracurriculars… Scores don’t play as much of a role as you may think. </p>
<p>I also got into UC Berkeley, UCLA, Tufts, and U of Mich.</p>
<p>It’s a lower reach. Any school that rejects 80% of its applicants is a reach for anyone. It is obviously not as big of a reach as say Yale.</p>