1550 SAT is not required for Ivy admission

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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 disagree. My parents were the first in our family on both sides to go to college. They went to a regular state school - not even a flagship. The notion that it is imperative for FGLI to get into T25 schools doesn’t strike me as reasonable. They can start at a lower ranked school and work their way up with their kids in a better spot more likely to attend higher ranked schools over time - just like most generations before them have done.

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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.

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

No, you didn't. Or please cite the source for this as a general overall rule.

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People are just jealous accept it and move on that Newark student accomplished a lot and deserved the acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are just jealous accept it and move on that Newark student accomplished a lot and deserved the acceptances.

Not jealous in the least...I think it is great for him! I think it is also fine to post about him or others with similar stats and hooks on places like this. What I object to is someone posting a snippet of his story with the clickbait title that this one has. There is zero shame in using all advantages that are available...they should be used and I am glad it worked for this kid!

Saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT so don't be thinking it isn't possible is very different from saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT and he is FGLI/from a rural unrepresented area/a recruited athlete/the kid of a famous rich person/etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People are just jealous accept it and move on that Newark student accomplished a lot and deserved the acceptances.

Not jealous in the least...I think it is great for him! I think it is also fine to post about him or others with similar stats and hooks on places like this. What I object to is someone posting a snippet of his story with the clickbait title that this one has. There is zero shame in using all advantages that are available...they should be used and I am glad it worked for this kid!

Saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT so don't be thinking it isn't possible is very different from saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT and he is FGLI/from a rural unrepresented area/a recruited athlete/the kid of a famous rich person/etc.

I don’t think it’s clickbait. 1500 is real. Work on your narrative and uniqueness.

I don’t think 1310 is real, other than Z-list.

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

What do you think made her stand out?

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Of course not. More than half of the students score below 1550 at every Ivy. Even at MIT, it’s 50th percentile

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Definitely not for kids with trauma porn story.

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The evidence posted here actually refutes the claim. yes, obviously, a kid from Newark is going to get accepted with lower stats. This is precisely why it's nearly impossible to get accepted (as an applicant not from Newark or equivalent) unless your stats are extremely high. It's simple math... to maintain extremely high stats overall, the non-disadvantaged kids have to make up for the lower stats of the disadvantaged kids.

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This is why you have the very poor and the very rich at these schools. Very few in the middle and it becomes a very segregated campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why you have the very poor and the very rich at these schools. Very few in the middle and it becomes a very segregated campus.

+1 It's changed quite a bit since my time. The social dynamic must be pretty challenging.

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Anonymous wrote:People are just jealous accept it and move on that Newark student accomplished a lot and deserved the acceptances.

Not jealous in the least...I think it is great for him! I think it is also fine to post about him or others with similar stats and hooks on places like this. What I object to is someone posting a snippet of his story with the clickbait title that this one has. There is zero shame in using all advantages that are available...they should be used and I am glad it worked for this kid!

Saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT so don't be thinking it isn't possible is very different from saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT and he is FGLI/from a rural unrepresented area/a recruited athlete/the kid of a famous rich person/etc.

Idiotic thing to write. Do you expect posters to fit the entire story in the thread title ?

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What? These top schools give great aid to middle class families and have done a lot more to attract them. Tuition is free for many of middle families at this point.

The unhooked lower upper class has been impacted, but that makes a lot of sense since the kids still have a lot of advantages and the families aren't going to be impactful donors. Schools can also get great athletes and legacy kids from this group, so they doesn't miss much on campus.

[Anonymous]

You generally need HIGHER scores for ED/REA not lower. The early pool is often MORE selective, not less.,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People are just jealous accept it and move on that Newark student accomplished a lot and deserved the acceptances.

Not jealous in the least...I think it is great for him! I think it is also fine to post about him or others with similar stats and hooks on places like this. What I object to is someone posting a snippet of his story with the clickbait title that this one has. There is zero shame in using all advantages that are available...they should be used and I am glad it worked for this kid!

Saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT so don't be thinking it isn't possible is very different from saying John Doe got into Yale with a 1310 SAT and he is FGLI/from a rural unrepresented area/a recruited athlete/the kid of a famous rich person/etc.

Idiotic thing to write. Do you expect posters to fit the entire story in the thread title ?

You're right. It would far too hard to write something like: "FGLI admitted to all ivies with a 1400s SAT" or "Newark FGLI admitted to all ivies" or even "FGLI admitted to all ivies."