So I go to a super small, extremely competitive high school (class size of 184 people who are all extremely smart), and because of that, my class rank is very low (132/184) and I have a GPA of 323/4.0, weighted. I was promised that colleges would know the name of my school and automatically take into consideration how rigorous and competitive this school was, but a counselor from A&M said that they don’t know that much abouth my school to take that into consideration. Feeling so lied to.
My SAT is 1700 (Reading:580, Math:580, Writing:540) and my ACT has a composite score of 26 (Eng:24, Math:28, Reading 27, Science 24, and Writing:23 (or 8 idk))
The schools I’m planning on applying to are all in Texas (Texas Woman’s, UH, Baylor, TX Tech, PVAMU, and HBU).
I want to study to become a nurse, but I don’t even know if I’m able to get into any of these schools because of my low ranking and scores, and I also don’t want to go to community college.
Can anyone give me some advice on what to do or advice on where else I should apply that don’t look at ranking?
So just to be honest – your test scores belie the story you have been told that your high school is really rigorous. If it were, your scores would be high relative to your GPA. But they aren’t. So you can’t rely on your high school reputation to help you out. You have to assume that you need to find schools where your scores and GPA are in range.
Do you know your unweighted GPA?
To see how your scores match up for those schools, Google " Common Data Set", and look at the test score ranges. You will see a 25-75% range. For a match, you want your score to fall at the midpoint of that range or above (so at the 50% mark or higher). I think your ACT is s little stronger than your SAT, so that is probably what you will want to send.
They are going to look at your grades. Most will look at SAT or ACT but not all. You need to plug your stats into the college finder and see what it gives you. You can indicate standardized tests optional. You will have options but you should be open to starting out at community college. There you can bring your stats up even higher. CCs have become a great option for core courses.