How is your 1450 SAT student faring in admissions so far?
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Anonymous
| I feel my kid could have aimed higher.. but so far no rejections, all acceptances. |
Anonymous
| Useless without identifying colleges. |
Anonymous
| SAT score is just one little part of an application. It is not like they are all the same. |
Anonymous
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I am curious about whether SAT matters more this year.
College counselors seem to suggest that if you can get a good score, you should submit and some colleges are hinting that they'll eventually go back to using standardized tests (Princeton, I think). Leaves me wondering if colleges are craving bit more certainty this year after accepting so many without test scores last year? Just a theory, TBH I have no idea. |
Anonymous
| Got in ED at W&M which was top choice--so I feel they are faring very well. |
Anonymous
| DC with an ACT of 33 (generally considered to be in the 1460-1490 SAT range) and 3.9UW/4.5W rejected ED from SLAC (think "elite" but not "uber elite" SLAC). |
Anonymous
Ouch! |
Anonymous
That's that 'yield protection' right there! For some unknown reason they don't think he/she will come if admitted. |
Anonymous
OOPs just saw it was ED. Scratch that. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately, that's not how ED works. |
Anonymous
Its ED, they'd have to attend. |
Anonymous
Of course she would attend - that's the point of applying ED - it's a binding acceptance. Yield protection wouldn't be an issue here. |
Anonymous
My kid got accepted ED at a school that I'd describe in similar terms with a 31 ACT, 3.8UW/4.5W. Had a few factors in his favor, a few other factors not so much. Maybe my definition of "elite but not uber elite" isn't quite the same as yours; maybe it just goes to show how random this process can be. |
Anonymous
Oh no! So hard to know what is diff between elite/uber elite now. Feel like anything below 20% is uber elite, but even sub 25% is still quite tough. DC's college counselor said that any school with admit rates that dropped below 20% last year, especially if single digits, does not want that rate to creep back up in subsequent cycles. Our DC had a 34 with slightly lower GPA (no APs offered at school so no weighting) - got in ED @ a very competitive SLAC, but off the beaten track. |
Anonymous
| SLACs are so, so tiny. There just aren't a lot of spots and they really want to pull together a cohesive yet diverse-in-every-sense group. It really is a toss up sometimes. |