I am a high school junio. I get about 3A's and 2B's or 3B's and 2A's. My SAT 1 score is 2040, i will improve it to 2200 atleast. I'll get excellent SAT 2 scores because the system i'm studying under places a lot of stress on science.\nMy writing is quite good, and i have a wide range of extracurriculars. Teachers have supplied me with glowing recommendations. I will be applying for both early and regular decision to princeton. Yale and stanford = regular decision.\nI appreciate bluntly honest answers. Please tell me your ABSOLUTELY HONEST opinion.
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Unless you got a close relative who went to Harvard or Yale...its unlikely you will get into either...Go for Princeton..still a long shot...
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To really have a good competitive chance.\n\nSAT - 2150 and above, aim for at least 700 a section, that includes the SAT II's. Pick your strongest subject and take the SAT subject test, try to get 750 and above.\n\nYour ACTs could definitely improve.\n\nBe sure to have good extracurricular records. Actively participate in different activities. It would also look good to do volunteer.
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There's some interesting answers here. I'm a current student at Harvard, so I'll try to elaborate.\n\n1) What about everything else? Scores don't get people into Harvard. Promise, talent, and passions do. I know people with rather low scores that got in because they are the best in what they do, and people with perfect scores that didn't because they had nothing else that was interesting about them.\n\n2) GPA. What's it out of? If it's out of 4.0, is it possible at your high school to get higher than a 4.0 through Honors or AP classes? If it's an unweighted 3.9 / 4.0 (all As = 4.0), then that's a great GPA. If it's a weighted 3.9 / 4.0 (AP and Honors As = 5.0), then it's decent. If it's out of 5.0, I'm not so sure about Harvard...\n\n3) SAT. What's it out of? 2400? 1600? If it's out of 1600, that's great score, well within the average range at Harvard. If it's out of 2400, I'm sorry...unless you have some spectacular extracurricular accomplishments, it will be extremely difficult to get in. \n\nGood luck, and feel free to update the question so I can provide you with a better response.
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Depending on your score, it might be good, but you need it to be great. First of all you have to decide whether or not you want to go to a state university or an ivy league. If you want to go to an ivy league school, you will need to take the SAT again. The higher your score, the better chances that you will get into the school that you want to. If you think you got a good score, take it again, it can't hurt. If you get the same score, then no worries. Get a better score, then use it to your advantage and get the scholarship money...the less your parents spend on school, the more you get. If you happen to get a lower score (God forbid) then use your inital score and keep on moving. It is a win-win situation no matter how you look at it. Again, the higher the score, the better the chance for you to get into the school of your choice, and get scholarship money to pay for school.
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with those SAT scores, you can probably count out the ivies.  an average harvard student gets 1500 or so on their SATs.  unless you're the best student your current college has ever seen, it's gonna be pretty hard to transfer to harvard or yale or princeton, especially if you want to go straight onto a medical track.\nthat said, the rankings:  harvard is usually ranked the highest, followed by yale and princeton, then dartmouth, penn, brown, and finally cornell.  for med school, though, the rankings might not go in that order.\nto you, i would recommend looking at a good state university in whatever state you're considering moving to.  you can get a fine education there, with much less stress, and considerably less money.\nbest of luck.
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I think international students still have to take the SAT test? Maybe I am wrong.\nOne person suggested Yale, Stanford , Princeton. They only accept people with near-impeccable records.\nTemple University in Philadelphia is an excellent school - most of the journalists in Philadelphia went there, and they also have a very good medical and dentistry program. It is one of the most diverse schools in the country, and is a city campus.\nI highly recommend looking into this.
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Ok, the rest are not true, because I asked my college counselor.\nFor the SAT (not ACT or anything else) they take the highest section scores from DIFFERENT sittings.  You are able to mix and match scores from different times to get your HIGHEST POSSIBLE score.  In your case they will consider Math: 750 Reading: 730 and Writing: 700 for a total of 2180! they will recieve your other scores as well.  CONGRATULATIONS btw. Awesome job!
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The Princeton Review book is very good!  I used them both for the GRE and the SAT and both times I did very well ... you'll need about a month if you study a couple hours a day.  If you have the money (about $1000) I highly recommend Princeton Review's classes.  I took their SAT prep class and found it quite helpful ... although I just used the book for the GRE and did well on that too.
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my SAT scores were very high, but i won't put them here.\ni find that what helps even more than studying is reading.  you can internalize grammatical structure a lot better when you read it in a book instead of in a study guide.  no study guide is a silver bullet- but i took the SAT practice tests from the college board book (about 5 of them) and got 99th percentile.  i am very much against SAT prep courses; i think they defeat the purpose of the test and give great advantages to the rich.\ni applaud your cause.
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The total new SAT score is a 2400.\n\nSo if you got 650s on all sections you would have a 1950.\n\nAn "Ivy league" score is generally in the 2100+ range, but they will accept people in the 2000+ range.  \n\nIf you want to know what you would have gotten on the old SAT just add your math and reading score. Take out the writing section. \n\nI don't know what you mean by 16 something. You mean 1600 range? So that could potentially mean you got a variety of scores. I would have to tell you that unless your GPA is a 4.0 and that you are underprivledged and a lot of other things, that you would have a difficult time of getting into any really competative school, but it's not a score that would keep you from going to college.
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Yeah, they obviously don't know what the new SAT test is :)  Wasn't that horrible???  It is sooooooooooo long.  Anyway, there are a lot of good schools that you could get into - you did a TON of extracurricular work, so you should make that the backbone of your application.  Apply to your state's main public school as a backup (or not, some are really very good).  Apply to Loyola University of Chicago.  I applied there when I was a senior, and I know that they LOVE extracurricular work and volunteerism.  I read that you want to go into law, so it MIGHT help to go to a school that has a law school, but it really doesn't usually make a difference (that's what I've heard at least).  Best of luck!!!
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Why  not try their website or a college info site?  That way you'll get the most accurate information.  Princeton isn't going to want someone who takes the easy way out on education and knowledge.  Maybe Yale would, after all GWB graduated, didn't he.
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Hey there,\n\nI go to NYU now and I'd say you have a good chance if you score over a 1400 on your SAT. Under that, then it could go both ways, but you do have a good chance. I was in the IB program while in High School as well :) I scored a 1510, if you care.\n\nAlso, The volunteer work is really cool. We are very much so a laidback kind of Liberal school of mainly artists, filmmakers, law and business/social science, philosophy kind of people, whom do a good amount of volunteer work.\n\nIt is a great school in a great city. If you want to come here, apply and see what happens.\n\ngood luck!
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Apply to Stanford, Berkeley, CalTech, and MIT.\nThese might be reaches but based on the info you've provided, you have a good fighting chance.  If you have the opportunity, try to boost you SAT IIs to 700s; it should increase your chances.  USC won't be easy to get into but it shouldn't be as hard as Stanford.\n\nAt most of those schools with your scores/GPA, you'd count as an average freshman who's attending the school (and it's not bad to be average, since they obviously got in last year).\n\nApply to 2-4 other decent to good schools as an assurance you'll get in somewhere.  These might be ones that are near you geographically.\n\nFor you, I'd suggest a big university, if only in part because of your major.  Small private colleges work best for liberal arts majors and not for math and science people.  Whatever benefit you'd get out of a small school is outweighed by the greater resources of a big university.  If you graduate from the four top schools I mentioned, you should also have employers begging you to work for them after graduation.\n\nHope this helps.  Best of luck.
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washu is pretty selective. i applied with a 1350 on my SAT and a 28 on my ACT. my ACT was lower in comparison to my SAT. that was about 4 or 5 years ago. i just graduated in the spring from washu and the incoming freshman keep getting smarter and smarter as well as more well-rounded. While i don't believe there is a set cut-off point, I'd think a 28 is probably as low as you want to go. I didnt even think i'd get in with my scores. Dont forget that scores aren't everything. They really do want to see well-rounded kids academically and outside of school. since interviews aren't required, the personal statement and application is really important. good luck!
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It looks for what many of the other top schools look for:\n1.) Academic GPA\n2.) Rigor of your couseload\n3.) Board scores\n4.) Extracurriculars\n5.) Essay\n6.) Recommendations from Teachers\nYou don't have to be perfect in each criteria...a high GPA could probably compensate for a slighly lower SAT score\nhowever, there's going to be a lot of people with amazing extracurriculars, and excellent grades and SAT scores...the main thing is to stand out from other people\nwrite really good essays, and show your passion. if Princeton's your top school, you might want to consider applying Early Decision.\nGood luck!
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I think you need to take the test again and try to improve your score. With 2060, I've been told I have a fighting chance at one of the top 20 schools. My percentiles were both in the mid to high 90s, so it's more the percentile that matters than the score, I think. Try to get your percentiles at least above 85. Many scholarships require at least 1900 as a SAT score... all the ones I've looked at recently, at least. \n\nGood luck. And btw, don't listen to the person who said you'll be driving a garbage truck with a SAT score like yours. SAT scores are not the only thing that colleges look at, and plus, your SAT score doesn't judge the content of your character. It's more important to be a god person than to be a high test scorer. SAT scores don't judge your success rate in either college or in the work-force, and that has been statistically proven.