<p>Interested in applying to Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, etc. My current practice tests are floating around 2300. I looked in the Yale and Harvard EA decision threads and all the SAT scores for Asian males are around 2350ish.</p>
<p>Just wondering what SAT score I should aim for to give me a good chance at these schools.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>2400.</p>
<p>What else did you expect? The higher you have, the better chances you have.</p>
<p>You know aer- I disagree. I think docta just needs to try his/her best, and they will go far. ;-)</p>
<p>In case you didn’t catch that - WINK WINK WINK WINK WINK WINK.</p>
<p>Duh.</p>
<p>thank you aer for enlightening us.</p>
<p>2300 is already amazing. You could aim for higher if you wanted to, but it kind of pointless because no matter what, people will drool over a 2300+.</p>
<p>2310 is what you should aim for…it makes all the difference in the world.</p>
<p>I had two friends apply to HYPS, one with a 2310 and one with a 2320, and only the one with the 2320 got in. You definitely need a 2320. </p>
<p>But you know what, I think my experience is a microcosm. Just aim for a 1900. DON’T aim any higher because colleges will think you’re trying to game the system.</p>
<p>A 2300 is more than fine. Aim for the best you can get of course!</p>
<p>Slipper1234 - Don’t lie. Colleges really want to see how well you can do when you only set your standards at 1900. That way, if you do better, they’ll know you’re an ‘over-achiever’ and will pick you. If you set your goals too high, then colleges won’t care because they’ll see that you failed to reach your goal.</p>
<p>What i am asking really is that in the case i get 2290 on the october exam, should i retake it and aim higher?</p>
<p>Once you’re over 2250 I don’t know how much SATs really matter to HYPS.</p>
<p>Docta - there is a CUT-OFF at 2300. If you don’t get a 2300, no matter what, you can’t get in. All schools do that. Didn’t you know that?</p>
<p>No i didn’t thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>You posted one “joke” fhimas. If it wasn’t even funny the first time y are u still doing it over and over again?</p>
<p>Because the question is so ridiculous. If you had done the tiniest bit of reading on Harvard’s own website, you would immediately know the answer to this question. It’s almost like asking, “is a 3.98 okay, or do I need a 4.0?” Well of course you know the answer the question, but as I can certainly attest to, it’s nice having people telling you the answer you want to hear. When you ask questions like this, you are bound to get crap from people. </p>
<p>Why isn’t it funny though? My comments posted above are completely ridiculous - and evidently you think so too. It seems that you do, in fact, know the answer to the question, and that my ludicrous comments aren’t what you want to hear, as demonstrated by your above vexation.</p>
<p>Hmmmmm.</p>
<p>the three people i know who are going to ivies (yale, brown, and dartmouth) got a 1960, a 2150, and a 2340. that’s a pretty wide range. just aim for the stars; your practice test scores should already comfort you enough.</p>
<p>I, for one, appreciate fhimas’s comments. Well done, fhimas!</p>
<p>The thing with scores is that they will not get you in, but they can keep you out (unless if you’re a rare case - legacy, URM, recruited athlete, amazing talent, connections, etc, but I’m assuming you’re none of those). Once you beat a certain score (I would say around 2250) it starts to matter less, and once you have a lower score it matters more. It’s called the law of diminishing returns.</p>