SAT score where I have a chance?

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>I am a junior and am about to take the SAT’s and would like to know what score I would need to possibly get accepted into the College of Arts & Sciences.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.54 UW… 3.78 W after this year (4.0 for junior year grades)
AP US History (3), will take AP Psych and Micro (Senior year)
ECs:
Baseball
Football
Student Government
Ski Club
Future Business Leaders of America
Interact Club
Best Buddies</p>

<p>Internship:
1 summer at the Republican Campaign Office/ worked for a PA State Representative</p>

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<p>The higher the better… There is no minimum SAT score. Just to give you an example, I just got into Stern with only 1600 on my SATs (580 in maths), and a 3.7 GPA (in a very very competitive international school). My EC and essays were just unique, very good and clearly showed my interest and experience in Business. </p>

<p>So of course it’s better to get good SAT scores, but that’s not all. I actually have a friend who got 2000 on his SAT and had a 3.8 GPA, but was denied admission to CAS. </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Generally 2100 is competitive for NYU, they made it a point in their presentation at a college event that I attended that over 50% of their accepted students had a 2100 or above.</p>

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<p>Ok thanks this was helpful</p>

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<p>NYU’s average SAT range is equal to that of USC, UCLA, University of Michigan and Cornell. That ought tell you something.</p>

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<p>No, NYU2013. I laughed at your attempt to hold NYU at the same standard as USC or Cornell. Even the other two are a stretch. </p>

<p>Assuming on the basis of your username, you must go to NYU. It’s a great school, but don’t talk it up. Sure, the “median” ranges for most of those schools are similar, but you have to look at the more detailed statistics. </p>

<p>Percentage of attending students scoring above 700 on the math portion of the SAT:
Cornell: 65%
USC: 60%
UMichigan: 52%
UCLA: 44%
NYU: 42%</p>

<p>The other sections of the SAT can be looked at in the same way. It paints the same picture. Also, NYU’s median SAT superscore is more like 2000, not 2100, which is the 75th percentile or so.</p>

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<p>Fermat, its even more different than you think. NYU doesnt include stats of kids accepted into LPS – which would lower their avearage.</p>

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<p>True, kayf. I have read about that before.</p>

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<p>@Fermat25</p>

<p>I laughed at the fact that you cannot read. </p>

<p>Notice what I said “AVERAGE SAT SCORE RANGE” meaning the 25%-75% are roughly equal to the 25%-75% SAT scores at Cornell, USC, Michigan and UCLA. </p>

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<p>NYU: 1900-2190 1260-1460
USC: 1930-2200 1280-1480
UCLA: 1760-2140 1170-1430
Mich: 1870-2170 1250-2170
Cornell: 1300-1500</p>

<p>Year Fermat, the average SAT score range is SO different. Good job. I never once mentioned anything about ‘more detailed’. I simply stated actual FACTS - since it’s true NYU’s score range is very similar to all of the above schools.</p>

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<p>Honestly if I were to rank Fermat’s list just as a prespective student I would go

  1. Cornell
  2. NYU
  3. UCLA
  4. U Mich
  5. USC
    The big turnoff for Mich is that it is so much easier to get into out of state than instate.Assuming I were to bust my butt throughout HS and get good grades and a 2150+ SAT score it doesnt seem fair that I would recieve the same outcome as a kid who put in less effort and got in just because he/she is in-state.</p>
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<p>NYU2013, care to address that NYU does not include the LPS admits in their numbers? Other colleges may have schools that are easier or harder to get into, but NYU leaving out large numbers of students means these stats are bogus.</p>

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<p>Actually Kayf, as of last year’s applicants, NYU will be including LSP in their data.</p>

<p>And, of course, if you know where to look, you can find the data that includes LSP.</p>

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<p>NYU it seems as if you just added up the subscores for each section to get those numbers which is not a statistically sound procedure. If you didn’t, care to source? (I’m not biased toward or against NYU/Cornell or whatever)</p>

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<p>I added up the 25% and 75% scores on each section in order to get an averaged 25%-75% score. That is, in fact, a perfectly acceptable way to get an averaged 25%-75% score range.</p>

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<p>NYU’s data is skewed by the large numbers of Tisch students, and rightfully so. A standardized test score is not a great predictor of your artistic ability.</p>

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<p>Ivy, no one doubts that Tisch people should be admitted on different criteria. I was protesting that the LPS (liberal arts kids who if they are in good standing, generally transfer into CAS, the main liberal arts school).</p>

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<p>NYU I don’t believe that. That means a school like Dartmouth has a 75% of a 2360 which seems unreasonable. (it’s subsections are 780,790,790)</p>

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<p>Schools don’t publish 25%-75% composite scores in their common data sets. Only in each section. Therefore, the best you can do is to add up the scores in order to get a rough 25%-75% score range. Of course, not everyone who scores a 75% on one section also scores a 75% on another section; but we know that.</p>

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<p>I agree that that’s the closest way you can do it but that means you can’t use it as a robust way of statistically comparing schools.</p>

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<p>NYU2013, yes, I noticed you were talking about the median scores. The point of my post is to show that those are bogus and shouldn’t be used. Let me quote you from your first post where you mentioned those others schools: </p>

<p>“That ought tell you something.” </p>

<p>You were attempting to relate NYU’s selectivity to Cornell or USC. Don’t deny it. The connotation is obvious. To relate NYU admissions to Cornell admissions is just wrong. Just deeply wrong. I don’t care about a median score.</p>