SAT/ACT score ranges and acceptance chance

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Say:
College A has a score range of 600-700 CR, 650-750 M, 620-720 W
and 29-33 ACT composite score range. </p>

<p>College B has a score range of 550-620 CR, 500-650 M, 540-630 W
and 25-30 ACT composite score range.</p>

<p>College C has a score range of 700-750 CR, 730-780 M, 720-790W
and 32-35 ACT composite score range.</p>

<p>Say Student X has these scores
600 CR, 690 M, 670 W
31 ACT</p>

<p>Everything else is comparable to students in the similar pool (essays, recs, GPA, rank, etc.)</p>

<p>What is the chance for Student X to be accepted to College A? 50% because his/her scores are average? </p>

<p>What about College B? 75% since the scores are about 75 percentile? </p>

<p>And college C would be a reach but what are the chances? less than 25%?</p>

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<p>10% at C
80% at B
60% at A</p>

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<p>Would the 10% mean only if all other prerequisites are stellar? </p>

<p>Why do colleges accept lower quartile students? Are they legacy/athletes? Are they from an underprivileged background? Or can a typical middle class student be equally accepted?</p>

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<p>For college B, if there is 75-80% chance of acceptance, you get a 20-25% chance of rejection, that’s pretty high too.</p>

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<p>Bump…? Anyone?</p>

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<p>There is no simple answer. What percent of applicants will be accepted is necessary data.</p>

<p>If you’re looking at highly competitive colleges such as ivies and top LACs, you have to consider that about half of the class will be comprised of athletes, URMs and legacies. That means the remainder will be heavily skewed towards/above the 75th percentile.</p>

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<p>What is a URM?</p>

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<p>Underrepresented minority, i assume</p>