What SAT or ACT score do you really need to get into an Ivy League type university?

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Starting in fall 2024, numerous top-tier universities will once again require either the SAT or ACT for first-year applicants. (It doesn't matter which test you take. The SAT is more popular, but both are accepted.) In this video, we'll look at why it's so important to submit your test score even if a university is "test-optional." And we'll also look at why you want to be aiming for the 75th percentile score -- and not just the "average score" -- of the freshmen class.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Which universities now require the SAT or ACT
00:59 Do you need to submit your scores if the school is test-optional?
01:46 What SAT score do you really need for the Ivy League
07:10 How to prep for the SAT or ACT
Questions or inquires? Email me at dave2005@gmail.com

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25 июн 2024

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@fcsolis 27 дней назад

Yup. My boy will be SAT- and ACT-prepping all summer long, an hour a day, every day, seven days a week. He has a year to prepare. Thank you.

@qvgaming3795 24 дня назад

Do you really pressure your children like that?

@fcsolis 24 дня назад

@@qvgaming3795 I do. He gets an allowance. School or no school. It's his full time job, to be a conscientious student, to be constantly studying. Anyway, it's not like I'm a tyrant, I'm the opposite of strict. I'm trying to make it so it's routine like eating, sleeping, breathing, and watching youtube. Thank you.

@JamesDoe-fk3ks 24 дня назад

@fcsolis Imagine in like 2 months he shouts at you "WHY YOU KEEP BOSSING ME AROUND?" lmao

@StoryOverTeller 24 дня назад

I don’t know about your son but I’m a junior in highschool who scored pretty well on the sat and has a 4.8 gpa without “constantly studying”. From my point of view, I think kids do better when they enjoy what they are doing, not being forced by their parents. Maybe push him to do it but in a more educational sense where he can understand why he’s doing it. I’m sure you were over exaggerating when you said it was his job to be “constantly studying” but if you weren’t then I’d dissagree, he’s young so it’s a time to explore what he loves and wants to explore in the future. Anyways, I’m sort of an exception to most kids so I might not be a good opinion for this but I thought I’d share my thoughts

@fcsolis 23 дня назад

@@StoryOverTeller Thanks for sharing your thoughts. An hour a day everyday of SAT, ACT, any standardized test prep really isn't bad. It's a great habit to develop. It will get you ready for the LSAT, the MCAT, the GRE, etc. It allows you to answer lots of questions when watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Anyway, during the school year my son studies upwards of three hours every night because he chooses to. I often tell him to relax a bit. I'm the most chill parent, I really am.

@endoscopist4339 29 дней назад

Thank you for making videos with great content. 👍

@IvyAdmissionHelp 29 дней назад

Glad you like them!

@musabkhan629 29 дней назад

Thank you for this video

@tycho9033 29 дней назад

The data for the graph you used is misleading. Since it is test optional, only those who scored highly on the sat will submit their scores, making the average score significantly higher. Those who scored below 1450 most likely did not submit a score, and therefore the "average" score is much higher than reality, skewing the graph.

@IvyAdmissionHelp 29 дней назад

I'm not sure how this data is misleading. 83% of Harvard freshmen submitted their test scores. And their average SAT score was 1520. If we were to obtain the SAT's of the remaining 17% of admits who didn't submit their scores, it would very likely lower the "average," yes.

@qvgaming3795 24 дня назад

So you do understand how it is misleading then?

@IvyAdmissionHelp 12 дней назад

Sorry, I don't see how this is misleading. The point of the video is not to name the exact SAT average of all Harvard freshmen, whether they submitted their scores or not. It's to point out that those students who get admitted with low scores or no scores are "special candidates." And if you want to get in on merit alone, you'd better be on the high end.

@rockvilleck 29 дней назад

Thank you for making good content. Can you make videos on how to get into Harvard and Princeton and pros and cons !

@IvyAdmissionHelp 29 дней назад

Hi. I did make a video on the Ivies and the pros and cons of each one.

@tgreyzero2790 24 дня назад

it’s not just 20% who don’t have the other qualities since they definitely overlap

@mohamedsedali1500 24 дня назад

Do you think I (a Syrian expatriate whose parents were impoverished and escaping wars from every corner) have a chance of getting into Harvard? I studied high school in Saudi Arabia and my GPA is 99.98. I took the SAT yesterday and I expect my score to be around 1520. I'm also planning on taking English proficiency tests like IELTS, TOEFL, and DET; I believe I have the potential to get a splendid score on each one of them. Additionally, I have extracurricular activities (40 hours of volunteer work, which includes painting a parking lot, cleaning a beach, etc.; and participation in morning announcements). I have a 99 on a local test from Qiyas called the General Aptitude Test (Math score: 100, Reading score: 97.8) I could provide extra context

@IvyAdmissionHelp 23 дня назад

Harvard is exceptionally difficult for anyone to get into. That said, having a unique backstory can really help you get in.

@KazaiChan 28 дней назад

Is it not true that most of the DEI students who are recruited have some kind of academic or other merit that make them exceptional within their own communities (such as community service, top scoring from their school, etc etc)? Or does it make sense for an "average" DEI student to apply to Harvard when they're not exceptional in any way?

@IvyAdmissionHelp 28 дней назад

The easiest way to think about this is to think in terms of buckets. Let's say Harvard is committed to filling 20% of its freshmen class (360 spots) with DEI candidates. They evaluate all of their DEI applicants together and admit their favorite 360. Some of these candidates may be spectacular, while others may be just average or even below average. Either way, the best 360 are getting in. Because of this strong advantage, students from under-represented backgrounds should absolutely apply to all of the best schools, even if they're not spectacular on paper, because they have a much higher chance of being admitted.

@TheHappychickadee 24 дня назад

Does being a National merit semifinalist (PSAT) help at all given that there is a reemphasis on test scores?

@IvyAdmissionHelp 24 дня назад

Maybe slightly. But mostly they will be looking at either your SAT or ACT scores.

@mike4523 29 дней назад

What do you mean at 5:42 by `and worse than that because of gender parity?” Sure a male/female merit student is only competing for half of the 20% merit bucket, but they are only competing against the half of the applicants matching their gender. So that cancels out (nothing worse” about it).

@IvyAdmissionHelp 29 дней назад

Very true! What I meant to emphasize is that the "number" of available spots is half what you might expect, not that it's any "harder" because of it. I should have articulated this better.

@musabkhan629 29 дней назад

Thank you for this video

@iamyoda66 29 дней назад

You need to brush up on your math. You are talking average, and then showing a distribution 1520 being the median. They are not the same. All your chart is really showing is that 25% of people who reported scores were below a particular score and 25% were above a particular score. As someone else reported, it is likely ALL people who scored above the top 25 percentile reported their scores, while some that scored below the bottom 25 percentile did not - that would be normal behavior. That means a majority of students admitted scores between these two scores. So a 1520 would would most likely not be in the middle as you show, but more to the right in terms of an actual distribution…

@IvyAdmissionHelp 29 дней назад

No, the median would be the middle value if all the scores were listed in ascending order; it's not the same as the mean. Harvard doesn't publish that data. Instead, they publish the average score, or the mean, which is 1520. I'm not sure what you mean by your second point: please clarify. If your point is that the "true average" would be slightly lower if the data included freshmen scores that weren't reported, then yes. I guess that might be true. But how does that change the point of the video?