<p>excuse the badly worded title, i’ll try to say it more simply here…</p>
<p>is there a cutoff for admissions at tough colleges like hypsm?
once you have a 2300+, does the rest not matter? after all, once you get in the 2300s, missing one question could cost you a LOT of points (eg missing 1 question on the last math test was an automatic 760), and it’s very subjective.</p>
<p>of course there are plenty of cases where people have had pretty mediocre to bad sat scores who still got in, but i’m guessing they are the exception rather than the rule…</p>
<p>please help me out here! i KNOW that there is no real “cutoff” but you always hear people saying things like “if you even want to be CONSIDERED for harvard don’t even think about it unless you have a 2300+!” also, it makes us wonder whether a 2300 is REALLY actually better than 2400, because they’re just so subjective that it gets hard to tell.</p>
<p>thanks again for the help!</p>
<p>If you are in the middle 50 then you should be ok</p>
<p>There is no physical cut off, but once you get into the 2300s you’ve done pretty much all you can to in regards to SAT scores.</p>
<p>Why would a 2300+ be better than a 2400? :P</p>
<p>That makes no sense. I agree with jamesford that once you hit 2300+ there is nothing more you can do</p>
<p>as for 2300 retakes, it all really matters. i assume you’re asking with regards to the prospect of retaking and such.</p>
<p>if your score is a CR 700 M 800 W 800, it’s not a good idea to retake. however if you lost your points in math or writing, those sections are very coachable and i’d normally advice you to go for the retake.</p>
<p>sats arent everything… just look at the schools average score… like i think cornell is 2100 average</p>
<p>True, colleges look at more than the SAT score. But to those who don’t have anything else going for them (me), 30 points from 2350 to a 2380 can give you a significant increase in chances.</p>
<p>^ actually I’m not sure there is a big difference between a 2350 and 2380.</p>
<p>Let compare a 2350 vs a 2380:</p>
<p>800 CR, 790 M, 790 W = 2380
800 CR, 770 M, 780 W = 2250</p>
<p>The two scores look virtually identical. One is not going to give a “significant” increase in chances over the other.</p>
<p>i know people that got 2400’s that got rejected from iv’s and people with 2180’s-2270’s that got in…</p>
<p>Yeah, it was an exagerration, but you still beat like 800 something people that are competing against you with probably similar or better stats. It’s not a one way ticket but it sure can help…</p>
<p>SAT’s aren’t everything.
A poorly written essay will burst your bubble.</p>
<p>look, a better score can’t hurt you. so if us perfectionists want to shoot higher, then let us be. no statistical study can ever be done correlating SAT scores to admissions because most people who do well on the SAT generally have at least a modicum of intelligence, and you never know which product of that intelligence got them into their schools. </p>
<p>so stop debating endlessly on an issue that has no resolution, it’ll just make everyone anxious and ticked off with each other.</p>
<p>right, that’s what i was saying. once you get into the 2300’s everything is so muddled over anyway. a 2300 COULD be only one or two questions away from a 2400. colleges must know this right?</p>