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I got a 1500/1600 on my SAT and I paid full price at my state school, a T50 at best. It's not considered at good SAT score.

• forrestthewoods 6y ago
  1500 is top 2%. Plenty to get you into a very very good school. And get you plenty of scholarship money. Especially if you come from a disadvantaged background. A perfect 1600 won’t get you into top 10 schools on its own. Thus my original comment about there being more qualified candidates than openings.
  • akhilcacharya 6y ago
    > Plenty to get you into a very very good school. And get you plenty of scholarship money. I mean, I didn't. I get what you're saying but the idea that you can just "work hard" to get into these sorts of institutions feels kind of insulting when there are lots of people like me that did work hard but didn't get in.
    • forrestthewoods 6y ago
      I don’t know your situation. Even a perfect 1600 isn’t enough by itself to get you into top 5 schools. https://blog.prepscholar.com/sat-scores-for-colleges https://blog.prepscholar.com/sat-scores-for-colleges The highest average SAT score at the top schools is right around 1500. I’m not saying a 1500 will get you into Harvard. It won’t. But it will get you into a very good school. University of Washington is a great school. It’s average SAT score is just 1340. 75th percentile is 1460. 1500 is literally top 2% of score distribution. For most circumstances that should get most people into a top 5% school. (Top 5%, not Top 5).
    • mav3rick 6y ago
      You didn't work hard enough then.