What is the lowest SAT score you can have to be accepted into Yale or Princeton?
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Very true, Princeton has one of the nation's lowest acceptance rates. A firend of mine just was accepted with a 4.0 at a prestigious high school and an excellent SAT score which I do not recall but will not speculate on. But agreed, if you know someone who is very important you obviously are of value to the school and will have a higher liklihood of acceptance. Also, I recently read that the SAT score is now the most important "section" of a student's life they look at so I recomend something very near perfection.
712645
Not exactly, but any college review site like princetonreview.com will give you an average GPA.
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Umm, Law school admissions is heavily dependent on a combinatory score of both.\n\nI think you stand a descent chance with any school between 10-20. You're have an extremely strong score and a pretty mediocre one (no offense, it's a good GPA but i'm just looking at it from an Adcom perspective). Yale, Harvard, Stanford and others are a pretty lengthy reach given the GPA but not entirely impossible.\n\notherwise, good luck
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If you want to be admitted in one of undergraduate schools in u.s from high school, you need at least 80% + high TOEFL (and/or SAT/CAT) test score.  If your test score is high, your requirement for G.P.A gets lower. However, schools always set thier basic criteria.\n\nyou will need about 3.5 G.P.A and 550 in the old TOEFL test for being admitted to a good college.
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http://www.clemson.edu/admission
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A levels american school to enter a university in America will give you a better chance of acceptance.  You also may need to take the S.A.T.  this is required of most of all High School students.  The rules may differ for those in the United Kingdom, that is a British school, but I do not believe their is a British School available in the United States, and perhaps that's why hardly anyone's ever heard of IB diplomas.  Around here we call them High School diplomas, but the IB diploma will help you enter Oxford, just not Yale.  Yale is an Ivy League College in the United States.  I'm not looking to get the ten points, but A levels that is American schooling will help you get a better chance of getting into a University.  I have two college degrees, so I know what I had to do to get accepted to a major Univeristy so I can earn these.  America is not just the best in the world when it comes to higher education, but it seems to be the only logical choice to make because other areas just aren't as accepting.  Then again, an IB diploma might only help you get acceptance to a British University.  But a High School A level diploma will actually get you to land your feet in a greater institution for higher education.
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To request Yale to send you information, try http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/request.html\n\nTo view their catalog and course listings try http://www.yale.edu/sfas/registrar/
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College admissions are by no means an exact science.  Your immigrant status may help you...  But NYU would be easier to get into.  Columbia, as an ivy league school, would be a struggle for anyone.\n\nThere are many people with 4.0 averages and SATs in the 1500s, or even perfect 1600s, who are rejected every year from ivy league schools.  There is no perfect formula.
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I really think they focus on your GPA and SAT scores.  I was accepted with a 3.8 GPA (through my Junior year anyway).  I also got an SAT score of 1190.  I didn't do many sports or extracurricular stuff, but I did have a part time job.
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3.5 probably won't cut it, especially considering that most of the students who apply to Stanford have taken extremely tough classes and still have a 4.0. But the important thing is being a well-rounded student. Are you an officer in a lot of clubs? How are your SAT scores? You'll have to score around 2200 to make up for your low GPA. Definitely apply! It's better than always wondering if you might have made it. Good luck!
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Unfortunately, the answer is "Maybe".\n\nIf you are trying to get into a top tier school with very selective admissions, then a low SAT/ACT score is virutally a "kiss of death".\n\nHowever, if you are looking at most state univerisities, then a low SAT/ACT score is not too bad.  You may have to take a few remedial courses.\n\nMOST IMPORTANT!!  A low SAT/ACT score WILL NOT stop you from going to college.  And, in the long run, it really doesn't matter very much where you get your undergraduate degree (as long as the college/university is "regionally accredited").  For example, a degree in education from ANY regionally NCATE accredited school will get you hired as a teacher.  An engineering degree from ANY ABET accredited school will get you hired as an engineer.\n\nEnjoy
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Get accepted at Harvard.
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The SAT is now scored differently, with the top score being a 2400.   (Three sections, each with a possible 800 score.)\n\nThis means that a score between 2100 and a 2370 will probably be the average score of those admitted to Yale this coming year.  \n\nAs a previous answerer pointed out, 25% of those admitted will probably score above that, and 25% will probably score below that.   And those that scored below 2100 will surely have some other outstanding characteristics that helped them to gain admission.
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For most Ivy Leagues, you won't have a much of a shot at getting in without a straight A average and a schedule loaded with as many AP classes as possible. And don't forget about the SAT. To be competitive, you need to score around 2100 under the new scoring system, or 1400 under the old system. Extra-curriculars are also really important. Try to be in lots of clubs, and be an officer in as many clubs as you can.
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Harvard.  Oxford.  La Creme de la creme.  It sounds like you have the grades.  Wealth is NOT an issue (Harvard is excellent at handing out financial aid).  \n\nSo, you have a shot in terms of grades.  But Ivy League schools (I went to Princeton, and was accepted at Yale) and Oxford are not just looking for grades; if that were so, you would have NO chance (because they routinely receive enough applications with averages at 100%, or over 4.0, and SAT scores in the 1580 range) that they could fill the class with just those people.  So grades are NOT the only criteria.  But if you don't have very good grades (looks like you do, though) you won't even truly be considered for admission.\n\nYou must do something OTHER than be a good student.  You must have a passion (other than getting into Oxford or Harvard) in life that you have done something about.  Sports...play rugby?  Soccer?  Music...play an instrument well?  Community service: have you done something for your community of note, like volunteer at a shelter?  Go look at Harvard's website (listed below) and look at their admissions FAQ's.  See what they have to say.  \n\nGood luck!
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If someone wanted to apply to an Ivy League school, or any college, they have to choose on the SAT which schools to send their answers to. The College Board automatically sends the answers to those schools then.
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A few weeks of studying a couple hours a day should be enough to prepare.  Buy Princeton Review's book on the SAT or if you can afford it (it costs about $1000) take their class ... it's well worth it.  The book is good too though.  I did the class for the SAT and did well and used the book for the GRE and did well on that also.