Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 10:48     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
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Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


Listen to the AO. 🙂


+2 Don’t submit unless you have a 1500.


+1

Or submit the 1490 and get rejected.

The kid should put the test prep work in to squeeze out 10 extra points.


For a humanities kid not to submit a 770 is ridiculous. If a school prefers no data over a 770 maybe the school is not as good as you people think it is.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 10:45     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I’m PP with the 1490 kid. This is helpful. DD has 770V 720M (should also be NMSF, FWIW)
And will plan to study humanities. So perhaps submit. Though better if she could just get the damned math score up 10 points!

Despite WashU AO recommendation, you are going to submit? Fine, I get it, but why you are asking others whether to submit if your mind is made up?


For validation obviously. That’s why this board exists.

Which school AO and at least two other posters contradicted obviously.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 10:36     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


Listen to the AO. 🙂


+2 Don’t submit unless you have a 1500.


+1

Or submit the 1490 and get rejected.

The kid should put the test prep work in to squeeze out 10 extra points.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 10:34     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:I’m PP with the 1490 kid. This is helpful. DD has 770V 720M (should also be NMSF, FWIW)
And will plan to study humanities. So perhaps submit. Though better if she could just get the damned math score up 10 points!


I would submit, definitely. Great score!
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 10:31     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m PP with the 1490 kid. This is helpful. DD has 770V 720M (should also be NMSF, FWIW)
And will plan to study humanities. So perhaps submit. Though better if she could just get the damned math score up 10 points!

Despite WashU AO recommendation, you are going to submit? Fine, I get it, but why you are asking others whether to submit if your mind is made up?


For validation obviously. That’s why this board exists.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 07:41     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:I’m PP with the 1490 kid. This is helpful. DD has 770V 720M (should also be NMSF, FWIW)
And will plan to study humanities. So perhaps submit. Though better if she could just get the damned math score up 10 points!

Despite WashU AO recommendation, you are going to submit? Fine, I get it, but why you are asking others whether to submit if your mind is made up?
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 06:58     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
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Anonymous wrote:For many top-end schools, a 1460 (or even under) may suffice, a 1500 may enhance, and a 1530+ may get extra attention.


But only if you also have 3.9UW or higher.


This is horse crap. DC’s entire school doesn’t have more than 5 over 3.9, yet 30% go to top 20.


Exactly. People are waaaay overestimating what it takes to get in. People routinely get into top schools with 1200-1400s. They just go TO.


GPA varies from school to school. Some schools 3.5 equates to other schools 3.9. That is why we need standardized test scores.



+1000
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2025 04:31     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


If DC gets 1490 (fingers crossed in our case, taking it Saturday) I would definitely insist on submitting everywhere.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 23:36     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
I’m PP with the 1490 kid. This is helpful. DD has 770V 720M (should also be NMSF, FWIW)
And will plan to study humanities. So perhaps submit. Though better if she could just get the damned math score up 10 points!
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 14:00     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


I would especially if the score is particularly higher in the area that matters more to their major. So if they want to pursue STEM, the math score is more important than the combined. And if they are a humanities kid with a high english score and lower math score that's bringing it just a hair below 1500, I'd definitely submit it as they'll be more interested in the english one.


+1 We had a conversation with a WashU AO during our visit as well. My kid had a 1560 so would submit in any case but the comment was “we don’t care about the 780M, it’s common here. But, we are very interested in the 780V because very high EBRW scores are far less common.”
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 13:27     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:There are only about 20 schools where the median SAT score is greater than 1500.


Between 30 and 40 schools. 10 SLACs and about 25 Universities

This is my source. What's yours?
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/colleges-with-the-highest-sat-scores


What I find interesting is that only 37% of students applying to Cornell submitted an SAT score.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 13:17     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


Listen to the AO. 🙂


+2 Don’t submit unless you have a 1500.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 12:51     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


Consider yourself lucky you got such direct info.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 11:07     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


I would especially if the score is particularly higher in the area that matters more to their major. So if they want to pursue STEM, the math score is more important than the combined. And if they are a humanities kid with a high english score and lower math score that's bringing it just a hair below 1500, I'd definitely submit it as they'll be more interested in the english one.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2025 10:57     Subject: What’s considered the cutoff for a “good” SAT score these days?
Anonymous wrote:Advice here? DD considering ED to Wash U. We went to admissions presentation and AO said don’t submit below 1500. DD has 1490 (twice!!). Will try one more time in June to get 10 more points but geez seems like unnecessary stress. Do you submit 1490 in this case?


Listen to the AO. 🙂