A sky-high score is something that every SAT aspirant wants. But not everybody is cut out for an SAT 1500. It doesn’t mean that you’re a bad student or that you didn’t study well enough. It simply might not have been your day. And it definitely does not mean that you have no future!
If you’ve got a mid-level SAT score (around SAT 1050-1360) and retaking the SAT is not an option for you anymore, then don’t lose hope. There are still plenty of colleges for you out there to study in. And these are not some third-rate colleges that would leave you in the lurch when you graduate. Instead, they do have healthy placements, quality coursework, decent infrastructure and a culturally diverse student population.
| SI No. | UNIVERSITY NAME | SAT SCORE RANGE | MINIMUM TOEFL SCORE |
| 1 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1150-1360 | 79 |
| 2 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1190-1380 | 79 |
| 3 | University of Texas at Arlington | 1060-1270 | 79 |
| 4 | SUNY University of Buffalo | 1160-1330 | 79 |
| 5 | Penn State University Park | 1160-1360 | 80 |
| 6 | Michigan State University | 1110-1310 | 79 |
| 7 | Temple University | 1140-1320 | 79 |
| 8 | Texas Tech University | 1070-1240 | 79 |
| 9 | Syracuse University | 1180-1370 | 93 |
| 10 | University of Houston | 1130-1310 | 79 |
| 11 | Texas A&M University, College Station | 1170-1380 | 100 |
| 12 | Arizona State University | 1130-1360 | 61 |
| 13 | University of Michigan Dearborn | 1080-1290 | 80 |
| 14 | City University of New York, Baruch College | 1220-1390 | 80 |
| 15 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1180-1390 | 80 |
| 16 | Drexel University | 1170-1380 | 79 |
| 17 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1150-1360 | 75 |
| 18 | University of Delaware | 1130-1330 | 90 |
| 19 | University of Cincinnati | 1160-1370 | 66 |
| 20 | University of Washington Seattle | 1220-1460 | 76 |
Remember, the path to your dream college requires a combination of SAT score, academic scores, extracurricular activities, LORs and SOPs. So if your SAT score didn’t quite make the cut, the way you present your profile can also do the trick. Even with tier 1 colleges.