<p>As we are supposed to submit 9,10,11,12 grades.......
I am from CBSE , our school had tough papers with student hardly scoring 75 to 80 s with no 90 at all...
I got 57 and 61 in English where class highest was 66 (Got 91 in board 12th)
How do univ compare grades of different people from different schools of SAME BOARD??
This is my big problem
MY 9th and 10th average in all subject were in the range : 70s and 80s
My 11th average : 50s and 60s
My 12th average : 40s 50s 60s</p>
<p>But i was top 15 among 70 in my class</p>
<p>BUT 10 th board : 82
12 th board : 80
AND MY SAT SCORES ARE GOOD......(800,800)
What will they prefer : school marks vs SAT??</p>
<p>Will it affect admission very very much??How do univ compare diff student??</p>
<p>I am also high school senior. But as far as i have known. Dream school, if you mean IVYs or similar, take a holistic look at every individuals. No one is neither compared nor evaluated on the basis of someone else. As universities cant compare different boards or different schools, they generally prefer ranking in class i.e. top 5%, top 10% etc. and your school might be best but 75 students is a little less, that still has no effect though. And 15th in class of 75 makes you in the top 20-25% which is not very great. In IVYs about 90% are top 5-10% in graduating class. Never the less, that does not mean you have low chance. Your sat score is perfect. So you still have chance. The thing is great schools want to know you as a person, that includes recommendations, extra curriculars, creative talents, passion, application essays etc. Mostly students take grades and sat so seriously that think its these specifics that application is judged. These are merely get throughs. To site as example Harvard has accepted students with not even 1700/1800 in SAT reasoning but at the same time rejected hundreds of 2300+.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot Khittee…
Actually our school doesn’t rank.i may be under 5 or 10 too …
The average class size in Indian CBSE 12th is around 100 maybe… </p>
<p>Universities judge students within their environment - what this means is that you’ll be compared to other students who took the CBSE curriculum when they are trying to assess you academically. If you feel your particular school was more difficult than the average CBSE school, make sure that your teachers mention that on the application. If you come from a feeder school (one that is known for it’s college acceptances) then you shouldn’t have an issue as colleges will already be aware of how your school works. If not, get the principal to include a little note about how hard your school grades in the additional information section.</p>
<p>The SATs are important, doubtless, but schools like to see a consistent academic transcript. However, they understand that international grading systems work differently and as long as you still flourished within your own environment, you will not be penalized. </p>
<p>I hope that answered your question sufficiently.</p>
<p>Honestly speaking, 40s, 50s and 60s will not help you get into any top 25 college. I know people here who scored 80+ in demanding schools like DPS RK Puram, so there’s no excuse.</p>
<p>[To site as example Harvard has accepted students with not even 1700/1800 in SAT reasoning but at the same time rejected hundreds of 2300+. ]</p>
<p>HYPMS may take some low score /gpa students but there is a story behind that student. Could be legacy, URM (which means unrepresented minority), athletes etc. It is not indicative of the general public. </p>
<p>What is your class rank? If the highest in one subject is 60 and you got 58, your class rank should still be high. If you are in the top 1-5% of your graduating class, you may have a chance at the dream schools.</p>
<p>Sorry for hijacking your thread Yeshwanth, but i’d like to know this - how are you supposed to tell the Unis about the highest being 60 and me getting 58? In my essay? Won’t it simply sound like i’m giving an excuse for performing poorly?</p>
<p>The School Councillor job is to put things in perspective. So when the teachers and councilor write your recommendations, they also define your grades in terms of the group that you are in. They have a standardised form with questions like </p>
<p>how long have you known the student</p>
<p>How many students are there in the grade/class</p>
<p>what subjects are offered by the school</p>
<p>where does the child stand academically</p>
<p>And there are host of other details which help the college see the candidate from that particular school’s perspective.</p>
<p>See the whole point of the application is that you need to sit down with your list of questions and start googling them and let me tell you the answers are out there.</p>
