<p>Hi all,
I am currently Valedictorian, Gpa 4.8 and full IB diploma candidate with good ec's....but 1870 sat's. Does anyone have any great admissions stories like me, where the applicant got in to top notch colleges with my stats (including the "lower") sat's.
Thanks for the help!
p.s. I am re-taking them in October!</p>
<p>Define "top-notch". (Examples)</p>
<p>well....ok...The "BIG" ones.....Harvard, Yale and Stanford.</p>
<p>yea but the guy was native american...so if you are URM i guess this applies.</p>
<p>ok...sorry...dumb question...what is URM?</p>
<p>The very top colleges like HPYSM look at both SAT and grades, so it is unlikely that someone who does not have both will get admitted unless he has something the college really, really wants that is rare. Like Olympic level athlete, recruited athlete, URM (underrepresented minority), challenging background that is very unusual, celebrity, development, etc.</p>
<p>would an olympic level athlete be an automatic in anywhere?</p>
<p>anyway, if you get a high GPA, you should have no problem raising your SAT. just do a little practice and get used to the format, and you'll do fine just like everyone else.</p>
<p>otherwise your high GPA only shows how bad your school is, no offense.</p>
<p>ouch....Wow, I go to a full IB school where I have worked really hard for a 5.0 gpa for two years running. My overall gpa is 4.8 for all of high school. My high school is very competitive. I received 3 "A"s in Summer College programs, one at Brown and two at Cambridge UK. Perhaps I'm just not very good at standardized testing....:o)
ok....I am going to study my butt off!</p>
<p>No. There are Olympic level athletes that are not in college. I know several who were not college material. However, those who could do the work are certainly given some leeway on standard credentials. The top schools do not take those who cannot do the work; but most applicants are able to do well at the school, and there are not enough spaces for them. </p>
<p>Username, I know many kids with high GPAs that do not do that well on standardized tests. Not a reflection on their schools at all.</p>
<p>There was this guy on the Stanford board who got in with a 1770 or something like that. He was latino but he had amazing grades and killer ECs. :)</p>
<p>My school just had a kid with similar stats get into Stanford. Don't know who it is, so don't know what kinda crazy ECs he/she had. And it was ED.</p>
<p>PBailey, one guy at your school only got in to Stanford? That's odd.</p>
<p>thank you....thank you...thank you...
I am going to work my tail off for higher SAT's....and now I have hope! :)</p>
<p>Um...is it odd that only one got into Stanford, or that he only got into Stanford. As I noted, that means he got accepted early.</p>
<p>I thought it was harder to get into HYPS early rather than RD? Am I wrong?</p>
<p>sorry my comment wasn't meant to hurt...</p>
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Username, I know many kids with high GPAs that do not do that well on standardized tests. Not a reflection on their schools at all.
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There are two reasons: one, they aren't familiar with the format of the SAT. Two, the writing section brings them down because... english has too many abitrary grammatical rules. </p>
<p>Very rarely is anyone REALLY a "bad test taker". Either you know the material or you don't. Unless you have some learning disability, you aren't a bad test taker. period. </p>
<p>I really think that you are as good as your GPA. You don't need to pratice too much, just enough to be used to the format.</p>
<p>well H and P doesn't have early anymore. for Y and S, it's not exactly harder for EA. it's just.... not easier. Usually if you can get something new on your application though, it's better to apply RD</p>
<p>kmitch...maybe you could try the ACT. Some people are just better at that than the SAT</p>
<p>OMG, PBailey... that is PDF is really interesting... but do people get mad about your school putting all that info out there?</p>
<p>Edit: Also, the first person in the fifth quintile is cool.</p>
<p>GPA 3.2, CR 600, M 550, W 50. 1700 total. Wait... that doesn't even add up. I'm so confused. </p>
<p>Lol... at first, I read it as 800/750/50. I was like, "what a cool way to take a test." But I guess they just typo'd and put 50 instead of 550.</p>
<p>Username, Thanks... I appreciate your response. My problem is the math. :o)Ugh....thanks for the encouragement and the advice from all the posts! I am going to try the ACT and Take a study course for the Oct. SAT. Thanks all!
CC rocks!</p>
<p>I agree with Poseur. Thanks for the PDF PBailey!</p>
<p>I liked the kid with a 1570 (yes, that is M+CR+W) and a 3.72 who got into Duke.</p>