<p>Columbia2002, I spotted it, but didn’t have the guts to say it.</p>
<p>Thank you! You are such a hero.</p>
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<p>Hahaha. I get it…</p>
<p>I think Harvard would be the best fit.</p>
<p>I second it (Harvard will thank you for your application fees)</p>
<p>Don’t fret over what people are telling you based on your SAT score - yet. You are still a sophomore; you have time to drastically improve that score.</p>
<p>Okay. This is a little ridiculous. We are random strangers on an online forum. Even with the information you have given us, we are in no position to tell you which Ivy League school is your “best fit.” Having recently just completed this past year’s college application cycle, I can tell you now that there is no one in this forum who will be able to give you a better assessment than yourself.</p>
<p>Also, from the information you posted, it seems to me that you’re more interested in which school you are most likely to get into, not which one you’d most want to attend. I think someone else has already said it, but let me reiterate that that’s the wrong way to go about things.</p>
<p>There are few websites you can go to if you want more information about each Ivy League school. I found *****, YouniversityTV, and theU as the most useful video student review websites, and looking on the colleges’ sites themselves gave me a better understanding of what I could do on campus. </p>
<p>Basically, sit yourself down and aim to answer this question: Where do you want to be in four years? What type of person do you hope to grow into? What do you want to study? What do you want to do on campus? The school that most fits you is the one that gives you the best answers.</p>
<p>Of course, sometimes even your own assessment may be wrong. My top choice school was Yale, but now I’m going to Columbia. I realize now that I’m a much better fit for Columbia than I am for Yale, and I think I knew that all along. Whatever happens, you’ll be happy with where you’re headed. It looks like you’ve got a bright future ahead of you.</p>
<p>asiantofu, I applied EA to Yale, and had my heart set on Harvard. As things turn out, I will be attending Columbia. And now I realize why I was accepted at Columbia: I’m best suited there, the core and everything. I wouldn’t even consider transferring to those “more prestigious” colleges anymore.</p>
<p>Is going to an Ivy League possible with a SAT score of 2000-2100? How about less than 2000?</p>
<p>This is a hypothetical question.</p>
<p>^ 2100 is definitely possible, 2000 is more rare (athletes or legacies probably) and below 2000 almost never, very rare.</p>
<p>^that’s not true at all, I personally know 2 people who both had less than 1900 and weren’t athletes or legacies, both urm though. I do know an asian kid with less than 2000 (got into seas, which has higher average SAT scores) and again no athlete, no legacy, no crazy competition winner. Probably just had a great high school record, great ECs and a rock solid app. But SAT score matters much less than people think. Just because you can quantify it doesn’t mean it takes precedence over qualitative achievements. It’s a one time test, if you do well (2200+) it means you are at a certain level of smartness, if you badly it doesn’t (necessarily) mean you suck at academics, intelligence etc etc. </p>
<p>Columbia and most top schools have figured this out, it’s riskier to take kids with lower scores. But if you spend time to get a feel for the applicant, it’s much easier to pick the stellar 1900s from the simply mediocre ones, it’s also possible to weed out the non-stellar 2300. Higher risk, higher average reward.</p>
<p>Similar to GPA in college, important but, does not define your future success, one year into a job, no-one will give a ■■■ what you managed. In some industries it’s more like one day into the job. Only grad schools care, and again once you’re in, and doing research it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Well, it’s statistically very, very rare to get in with an SAT score below 2000.</p>
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<p>Why on earth would the OP check out GS if he’s in high school? High school students apply to CC or SEAS.</p>
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<p>you’re saying the same thing, and I explained why you are incorrect. The average student has a 1/10 chance, if you have like a 1800-2000, you would have like a 1/15 or 1/20 chance. That’s not statistically very rare compared to the original 1/10 chance. Empirically they might even admit 1/12 or 1/13 kids with 1800-2000, because most kids with low scores applying to columbia usually have strong other parts to their application.</p>
<p>You need to realize that just because almost everyone you knew who got into Columbia had high scores, and many low scores were rejected, it isn’t grounds for a theorem that you’re fcked with lower scores. I, on the other hand, have seen that people get in with 1800-2000, without a crazy hook, just because they have otherwise an all round strong application. This disproves your hypothesis.</p>
<p>this is all so silly – learn something about the school besides the fact that it happens to be an ivy. then maybe you will find which one you like rather than which one you can get into. and a lot of great schools arent part of the ivy league…but are ranked higher than ivy league schools…uuuuuughhh. and this is coming from someone who will be at an ivy next year!</p>
<p>HYP - not a chance
Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown - still no way
Cornell CAS, engineering, Architecture - highly unlikely
Columbia GS, Penn Nursing, Cornell State schools - maybe</p>
<p>even tho you do have great stats. but I think you should still retake your SAT’s and try a above 2100 for the ivies.
they’re too selective .</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, life is soooo much easier for internationals. 2 anecdotes: My best friend had no awards, no stand-out ECs and nothing spectacular in particular. He had a 1980 SATI and 800 790 680 SATII with a 3.75-3.8 GPA and he made it into Duke, Hopkins, Northwestern, CMU, UVa, and Imperial College London. Another friend of mine had very average ECs, Full IB(did okay), very good REC letters, and 1890 SATI (didnt take SATII) and he got into Brown, Berkeley, Wharton (waitlist—>out), Yale (waitlist—In, i think).</p>
<p>just wanted to make a few things clear… Didnt mean to hijack the thread… yes I did:)</p>
<p>^I think that depends on whether the country is overrepresented at Ivies or underrepresented.</p>
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<p>you’re basing this on two data points sherlock. As Epam said, if your nationality is unrepresented or severely underrep then it is a big boost. If you’re coming from India, China, Singapore, HK etc. you are at a serious disadvantage. I know for a fact that the kids from Singapore (local schools more than international) generally find Columbia a complete cake walk, they are by and large used to a much much tougher system and tend to rock @ cu. If they almost all find it easy, then we’re not taking enough of them, so they are disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Oh… Well, I’m from Egypt which is probably underrepresented… So basically, URNs are exactly like URMs but with worse chances of getting FA?</p>