1550 SAT is not required for Ivy admission

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as you meet the threshold, other parts of your application come into play.
A good example this year:
https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/us-news/nj-high-school-senior-accepted-to-7-ivy-league-colleges-im-still-processing-it/

Arts High School in Newark.
Stats: 1480 on his SATs and 34 on the ACTs
Acceptance from Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Brown, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College.

It never occurred to you that acceptance standards might be lower for a first gen Latino student?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep! Firstgen and NJLEEP participant, which is a program that supports underrepresented low income kids from middle school onward.

High stats colleges also expect your hs performance to be high in the context of your area. The kid is from Newark, where a 1049 was the avg sat in ‘23-‘24.

Your post is misleading without this context. An Asian student who isnt fgli from FCPS is not getting into those schools with those stats.

And minority…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is first generation, and his parents are immigrants - he is from the inner city of Newark. Glad his efforts were recognized. He was not given the same silver spoon most others had and fought the odds.

But fgli kids are the silver spoon kids in the college admissions racket.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:100% , sat don't have to be very high. 1500 is good enough. My one time 1580 DC didn't get into any t25, going to stern instead.

My one time 1570 kid is going to GWU. The test has far less weight than even ten years ago.

Yup, focus on your essays and narrative instead

Yes. And highlight what makes you special different or unique.

I really, really hate this. The idea that a 17 year old should shave a “narrative” and pressure to be unique is repulsive and sad commentary on our children’s lives. No wonder kids are anxious and depressed.

[Anonymous]

Will the rich Ivy kids be friends with him? I hope so.

[Anonymous]

I agree this focus on narrative and uniqueness is just toxic. My kid has been trying to figure out what he is interested in and we will try to weave the narrative in retrospect. And I feel like in the long run this trying different things will help him. But in the short term the 4.7 GPA, 13 AP classes, and 1580 just might not be enough and that sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree this focus on narrative and uniqueness is just toxic. My kid has been trying to figure out what he is interested in and we will try to weave the narrative in retrospect. And I feel like in the long run this trying different things will help him. But in the short term the 4.7 GPA, 13 AP classes, and 1580 just might not be enough and that sucks.

maybe it was toxic to just focus on solely academics while trying figure out "what they're interested in". other kids were spending countless hours figuring that out and you chose just pure stats and clearly that wasn't optimal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree this focus on narrative and uniqueness is just toxic. My kid has been trying to figure out what he is interested in and we will try to weave the narrative in retrospect. And I feel like in the long run this trying different things will help him. But in the short term the 4.7 GPA, 13 AP classes, and 1580 just might not be enough and that sucks.

maybe it was toxic to just focus on solely academics while trying figure out "what they're interested in". other kids were spending countless hours figuring that out and you chose just pure stats and clearly that wasn't optimal

Not PP but give it a rest. I think there are very few super high stats kids who ONLY do academics. But there are still plenty of kids who have great academics and just normal (not super human or college level) ECs while they are 14-17. This arms race on ECs and narrative is what is insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will the rich Ivy kids be friends with him? I hope so.

Nowadays there are a lot of FGLI on campus. He will be just fine. No worries.

[Anonymous]

My friend's DD got into Princeton REA with a 1500. Not FGLI or URM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend's DD got into Princeton REA with a 1500. Not FGLI or URM.

1500 is just fine. That is not low.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As long as you meet the threshold, other parts of your application come into play.
A good example this year:
https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/us-news/nj-high-school-senior-accepted-to-7-ivy-league-colleges-im-still-processing-it/

Arts High School in Newark.
Stats: 1480 on his SATs and 34 on the ACTs
Acceptance from Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Brown, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College.

It never occurred to you that acceptance standards might be lower for a first gen Latino student?

1500+ or 34+ fits the bill in terms of threshold. Anyone who says otherwise is just ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as you meet the threshold, other parts of your application come into play.
A good example this year:
https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/us-news/nj-high-school-senior-accepted-to-7-ivy-league-colleges-im-still-processing-it/

Arts High School in Newark.
Stats: 1480 on his SATs and 34 on the ACTs
Acceptance from Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Brown, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College.

It never occurred to you that acceptance standards might be lower for a first gen Latino student?

1500+ or 34+ fits the bill in terms of threshold. Anyone who says otherwise
is just ignorant.

We heard 1480/33 is the new threshold now with test optional gone at most places….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is first generation, and his parents are immigrants - he is from the inner city of Newark. Glad his efforts were recognized. He was not given the same silver spoon most others had and fought the odds.

But fgli kids are the silver spoon kids in the college admissions racket.

That’s the right thing to do. Otherwise, there won’t be much social mobility. I say this as a UMC white mom whose very high stat DD did not get into T20. My kid will be fine regardless of which college she goes. But, Fgli kids need connections/resources offered by top schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is first generation, and his parents are immigrants - he is from the inner city of Newark. Glad his efforts were recognized. He was not given the same silver spoon most others had and fought the odds.

But fgli kids are the silver spoon kids in the college admissions racket.

That’s the right thing to do. Otherwise, there won’t be much social mobility. I say this as a UMC white mom whose very high stat DD did not get into T20. My kid will be fine regardless of which college she goes. But, Fgli kids need connections/resources offered by top schools.

I agree but not sure that many of the fgli take full advantage. I have heard many become isolated and do not socialize with those with the connections.