| Students taking the SAT all across the country ask | | | | for over a 22,000... For the ones in between like |
| this question over and over again. So I am here to | | | | Brown, Dartmouth, and Upenn students should shoot |
| tell you what is considered a good SAT score. | | | | for higher than 2,100. These types of scores will not |
| Ready? OK... Here we go! | | | | guarantee acceptance, nor will lower scores |
| First of all a good score varies based off the schools | | | | guarantee rejection because other factors like |
| that you are trying to get into. So I will explain what | | | | leadership roles, and extracurricular activities are highly |
| scores you need to get into different types of | | | | regarded. |
| schools. Ok if you are trying to get into ivy league | | | | For the 1st tier schools such as Duke, Georgetown, |
| universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, | | | | UNC Chapel Hill, NYU etc... you should shoot for an |
| Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Upenn, Cornell or | | | | SAT score of over 2000. This will greatly increase |
| schools with acceptance rates under 20% (includes | | | | your chances of acceptance. |
| some prestigious liberal arts schools to) you generally | | | | For the rest of the Colleges that have acceptance |
| should have a score around a 2,100 (math, reading, | | | | rates over 40% (many state universities, private |
| writing combined) | | | | universities etc...) You should shoot to have above a |
| For the so called easier ivys like Cornell a 2,000 is a | | | | 15,000... preferably around an 18,000 to greatly |
| good score while for the toughest ivy's (Harvard, | | | | increase chances of acceptance. |
| Princeton, Yale, and Columbia) students should aim | | | | |