So pretty much, I’ve already posted my stats but i took the sat a second time and did not do great. The first time I did it, I got a 1440. Superscoring the first and second, I have a 1450. Now I have 3 options:
Thanks!
What is breakdown between parts?
If it is 720 and 730 or both in 700s, it is good score in my opinion.
I got a 740 in English, 710 in math
I think it is good to submit, but I understand that average submitted is 1480 and above. Only tippy top students submit and the rest go test optional…I think only under 30% of applicants submit their score. In my opinion, any score above 1400 shows that you are a strong student and validates your GPA.
The CDS shows it’s very important. The 25th percentile is 1460 but 35% submitted a test. That tells me that most the other 65% were lower, some much lower I’m sure.
So I personally would. You remove any doubt.
What major? Your English is above the 50th percentile but math below.
But still strong.
It may not help you but I can’t imagine it would hurt you - submitting.
Good luck.
ok thanks a lot i appreciate. the feedback. For right now, I think I am planning on sending it.
Another thing to consider is the average at your school. If your 1450 is a lot higher than that, it can be impressive, even if below 50th percentile.
ok thanks, I appreciate it. I’m undecided leaning towards STEM heavily. I’m just frustrated because my whole life, I’ve been better in STEM subjects and for some reason I get 740 on reading but 710 on math.
I did not think about it like that. Wow, that’s interesting to take into consideration. Thanks.
True, it’s a bummer - you only beat 90%+ of the country.
hmmm - you kicked butt in math.
Be proud.
Good luck.
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Three of my D’s good friends applied last year. All 3 very strong academics and EC. The one who applied TO got NU.in, 1460 got Oakland, 1510 who was also very near the top of the class got deferred EA then waitlisted RD. Not sure that helps you…just sharing info. Good luck.
No reason not to submit.
I heard if you submit a score that is less than the average, it can hurt your application and that you’re better off just going test-optional. Thanks.
Not in your case since you are above 1400.
but isnt the average 1440 - 1530?
Actually I think it is 1480+ my bad
It’s unlikely to hurt you or help you. Most people (65%) did not submit scores. It’s safe to assume that most or all of that 65% have scores below the mid-50 range (or they have no score at all) Yours is only slightly below the mid-50 range, and it’s a great score in its own right. Probably many of the 65 percent of people who were admitted to Boston campus without scores had scores similar to yours. It probably won’t make a difference to your application whether you submit or not. FWIW my D submitted a 32 to NEU last year, which was one point below mid-50. She withdrew her app before receiving a decision (she got in ED elsewhere) so will never know if she would have gotten in or not but we didn’t think her score would affect her app much either way.
Let’s look at the numbers provided earlier by @tsbna44:
Let’s think about the 65% of admitted students who did not submit a score. Why didn’t they submit a score? A few probably didn’t take the SAT or ACT test. Maybe a few just forgot. Most however will have gotten a lower score, and did not submit specifically because they had a lower score.
So, your SAT results are relatively close to the 25th percentile, but not of all admitted students. Rather, you are close to the 25th percentile of those students who submitted test results. Lets suppose that only exactly the top 35% of admitted students admitted test results. This suggests that you are not all that far away from being in the 25th percentile of the top 35% of admitted students. This is still way ahead of average for all admitted students.
And the admissions staff understand this.
Of course there will be some imprecision. Some students might have submitted test scores even though they were slightly lower than some other student who did not submit. However, overall the argument is approximately correct. While your SAT score is lower than average for the 35% of students who did submit test scores, your score is very likely well over average for all admitted students (including the ones who did not submit).
Also, 1450 is a very good score.
This is my understanding of what most of us are saying, and I think that this argument makes sense.
Personally I would submit test scores in this case.
However, I would be mildly surprised if whether or not you submit has much impact on your chances for admissions.
Northeastern is much more than scores. High scores with no demonstrated interest has a low probability of acceptance like the example mentioned above.