It’s above the 25th percentile - which was 1450 last year
Colby doesn’t have a common data set. But like schools such as Bates (18% submitted) have very low test submission rates. Even if Colby were 40% and doubting it is, a 1470 is a lot better than you think.
Should I keep it as a rule of thumb to submit my SAT scores if its above 25 percentile?
I have seen reddit posts where internationals (especially competitive ones like China and India) are expected high standardised scores. I am afraid I might be jeopardised.
My 11th grade marks are almost max scores (except languages).
I got like 94.6% in my Track 1 maths and 96% in my Track 2 maths. (Basically different calculus classes).
Meanwhile I also saw a kid get into Cornell with 1370 SAT in India.
I have a lot of applications, basically every university that meets need I have put my application in.
Should I update my pages with the SAT scores?
Also I won an award here called SAT top performer - India (low income students who get 1300+) and I put that in my honors section and it went to every college even the one that I did not send SAT scores.
So if I am applying something like Duke or Washington in st Louis or Williams.
I would submit in your case because I think you will be jeopardized without it. The odds are not in your favor to start with. If you submit no score, in your particular instance, they might assume it was much lower, which won’t help you. I think these colleges will probably understand the context in which you received that score so I think it can’t hurt. Please understand though that all of these colleges are very, very high reach schools. You have no idea why a single student with a 1370 was accepted, but rest assured, it wasn’t because of that test score. Have other college options lined up.
Your realistic choices are going to be ‘only, Texas A&M Intl, Ole Miss, Southern Miss.
Your point about not submitting may make them think you didn’t do well seems very fair to me.
Many of the meets need schools have low SAT submission rates. You can see each in the Common Data Set section C9.
This is W&L - who is need blind and meets need. Not only is your score solid but less than 50% submit (44%). So at least in my mind, it’s a no brainer. Your 1470 is likely better than most of the 56% not submitting.
What your downfall is - section C1. Of 3524 international applicants, only 67 were accepted.
This is why I want to ensure you did all the safeties recommended to you. You’ve never confirmed you’ve done Minot, Texas A&M International, Southern Miss etc. They are far more important than Colby.
You have no SAT dilemma. Your dilemma is overall international acceptance and then the schools that meet need providing enough aid. That’s your dilemma. Hence the concern about the Minots of the world.
Maybe not “very” low, but you are likely giving them good news when you submit a score at their 25th percentile, in that they would typically assume you did not have a score that good if you did not submit.
I actually personally think even a score a bit under the 25th, at least at a college with a lot of test optional applicants, is still much more likely to be helpful or neutral than harmful. Neutral of course is likely a big category at the margins, but that’s fine. The real question is how often is it likely to be helpful, and how often harmful. And from what I have seen AOs say, and a bit of data, I am thinking helpful outnumbers harmful into a range below the 25th, at least at most TO colleges.
Do you mean it feels strange SAT scores work like that? Because 710 EBRW is around 94th percentile, and 1470 Composite is around 96th.
Of course I understand US admissions from India can be extremely competitive, depending where you apply. But I suspect if you end up not quite what some such US college is looking for, it won’t be because of your SAT score. And if you are otherwise what they are looking for, likely your SAT score will be good enough not to hold you back, and again might actually be helpful.
