Does 1580+ help T20 admissions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top scores are a dime a dozen. That alone isn't going to do much.

Actually 3260 out of 2.13 million scored 1580 or higher. It’s just that they all have parents on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1580 denied at U Chicago, waitlisted at U Mich. Stellar academics, but no extraordinary extracurriculars. As people said, the grades and scores are important, but they could fill their classes many times over based only on grades and scores. They are looking for that PLUS something extra.

For UChicago, if you don't ED, there is almost no chance. There is nothing to do with SAT or
"something extra".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580 denied at U Chicago, waitlisted at U Mich. Stellar academics, but no extraordinary extracurriculars. As people said, the grades and scores are important, but they could fill their classes many times over based only on grades and scores. They are looking for that PLUS something extra.

For UChicago, if you don't ED, there is almost no chance. There is nothing to do with SAT or
"something extra".

How do you know they didn't ED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Michigan is the only place where a high test score might have some slight advantages. Otherwise no difference between 1500 and 1580 for T20.

My feeling is that in (1500, 1550) or (1550, 1600), there is no difference. But 1500 and 1580 may be treated differently.

[Anonymous]

You guys are all just guessing.

True feeder private high schools matter more than all of your percentages:

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1qm7iha/386_bags_ivy_and_t10/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other than schools like Caltech?

I have looked at our Naviance, I don’t see a pattern where high test scores help admissions. There is always a healthy distribution of test scores for top schools.

Someone mentioned in the other thread that they help in Michigan admissions. What is your observation at your school?

GPA is the most important. My child has 1580 as well and Deferred at Brown, USC, UMich. You need very high GPA + this SAT score

This.

But I don’t understand the premise of the OP’s question. Of course 1580 helps! But it’s not sufficient by itself. And this should be obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are all just guessing.

True feeder private high schools matter more than all of your percentages:

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1qm7iha/386_bags_ivy_and_t10/

EA Chicago acceptance? That's wild ... Only T5 admits got in EA Chicago in our area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1580 denied at U Chicago, waitlisted at U Mich. Stellar academics, but no extraordinary extracurriculars. As people said, the grades and scores are important, but they could fill their classes many times over based only on grades and scores. They are looking for that PLUS something extra.

For UChicago, if you don't ED, there is almost no chance. There is nothing to do with SAT or
"something extra".

Clearly, you are wrong. Just stop with the prognosticating here. It's all just fluff people talking up their own nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are all just guessing.

True feeder private high schools matter more than all of your percentages:

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1qm7iha/386_bags_ivy_and_t10/

EA Chicago acceptance? That's wild ... Only T5 admits got in EA Chicago in our area.

I personally know a kid rejected by EA Chicago and in H now.

[Anonymous]

My 1580 one and done kid, high gpa, leadership, good ( not stellar ecs, got rejected by upenn, uva, and accepted to T30 school...unhooked, business major

[Anonymous]

My 1540 kid was denied by Stanford and got into Michigan (engineering.)

She declared the score "good enough" in part bc the average score for her MCPS high school is around a 950 or so -- but more to the point, she felt that her transcript did enough to demonstrate her preparation and ability to do the work, esp in math.

It's a data point. I'm pretty sure it does little on its own, might serve to confirm or call into question other aspects of the application, might serve as a differentiator where applications are otherwise similar, but only at the margins, really.

Reminds me of an interview I heard a few years back during Covid when everyone was test optional. It was a T10 AO saying that generally speaking, they could almost always predict a kid's test scores by looking at the rest of their application.

Like, the kid winning music competitions and robotics medals and debate trophies? They had a good sense of what that student could do without looking a test score.

[Anonymous]

My 4.0 uw 1550 public school DC denied by all T20s. Enrolled at UMD.

[Anonymous]

Stats don’t tell you everything.

Major?
ECs?
Awards/honors?
LOR?
Type of high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are all just guessing.

True feeder private high schools matter more than all of your percentages:

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1qm7iha/386_bags_ivy_and_t10/

EA Chicago acceptance? That's wild ... Only T5 admits got in EA Chicago in our area.

From our feeder, Chicago always accepts 1 (standout) kid in EA and defers the rest. Its usually a large pool as the EA defer kids convert to ED2 if they aren't accepted ED.

[Anonymous]

Yale - stated SAT score is greatest predictor of college success. So, I’d out it in your list if of interest