Bad GPA, is studying for SATs worth it?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>Okay, I have a bad GPA. My GPA is currently 3.0/4.0 and I am wondering if I should even bother with SATs. I got a 1550 on the June SATs, it was my first and I was sick with strep throat without getting any treatment. </p>

<p>Anyways, I am wondering if I should even bother with SATs. It's not like I have a chance at going to a prestigious college. The best I can do is a good CUNY or some B rated schools in New York City. </p>

<p>Thoughts on this? I'm really lost. I will be the first in my family to attend college in the US, me and my parents are immigrants from another country. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>That’s not a “bad” gpa. And of course you should try the SATs again! do the best you can and make your parents proud!</p>

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<p>If you are a Urm, pull your gpa up along with your SATS and have good ecs and write a great essay, you aren’t out of the leagues for prestigious colleges.</p>

<p>Then again, if you get a 2200+ on the sat and have some odd thing going on with you the prestige isn’t out of the water for you regardless of ethnicity.</p>

<p>Nobody knows what the big leagues accept when the time comes.</p>

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<p>Yes, you should study. Bring that score up to par and you’ll be set, especially if you move your GPA score up a bit too.</p>

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<p>Definitely study for them and try to bring your score up!</p>

<p>Regardless of your expectations for which college you’ll get into, a higher SAT score will make you competitive for programs like Baruch Honors and the Macaully Honors Program, which give you full rides.</p>

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<p>I’m from new York city too, what Cuny are you interested in and I could tell you your shot in getting in.
But I would boost the SAT at least to a 1650~ and if you do you have a fair Shot at most of them</p>

<p>You deff can get into York college (cuny) it’s in queens; If you want to go there I don’t think you’d need to retake the sats</p>

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<p>I honestly want to go to NYU Poly/Cooper Union. I’m currently a rising senior so raising my GPA doesn’t seem likely. </p>

<p>I think I’m screwed :(</p>

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<p>Yeah unless you can pull a 2400 SAT or have like something else in your app that could boost it yeah pretty slim slim chances lol.</p>

<p>You could always transfer after 2 yesrs at a cc; 4 years of NYU debt would be a lot anyway :)</p>

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<p>Definitely retake the SAT. I suggest doing a bunch of released exams. Try to raise your GPA your junior year. It’s not time to give up yet :)</p>

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<p>My friend finished junior year with a 3.1 gpa, His satwas a 1750.</p>

<p>He used his summer time and the remainder of the year to bring his gpa to a 3.4 and his sat to a 2250. He got denied to Harvard, yale,princeton,darthmouth, University of penn and stanford and NYU and MIT…But he got accepted to Syracuse</p>

<p>Never never never give up.</p>

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<p>You see it’s possible.</p>

<p>@madomdg Btw do they count mid year grades into your GPA? I thought they just looked at them? I’m apply to my schools EA though :confused: only because I’m impatient to wait till april to know where im going</p>

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<p>^^madogmgd, That hardly sounds like a hopeful story. . .</p>

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<p>^ True but syracuse is still a good school</p>

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<p>If you apply early, then you can’t send mid-year grades. They will want them if you decide to enroll though, to make sure you don’t slack.</p>

<p>EDIT: @AppleBeam: Syracuse University is an excellent school.</p>

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<p>I plan on somehow sending my 1st marking period report card to the schools I’m applying too >:]; they come out right before Halloween so hopefully the schools won’t say no we can’t use that</p>

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<p>True, I keep forgetting that most EA deadlines are around 11/1 - 11/15. I’m planning on getting these apps out by no later than 10/1.</p>

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<p>I wanted to apply earlier too but sat results for OCT come out around the 20thish and as soon as I get my report card 25-26ish BOOM sending out. Lol
Good though the earlier the better</p>

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<p>Since you a URM and first generation if you write an amazing essay schools like NYU are very possible.</p>

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<p>According to standards, you are an average American on paper.</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>What’s an URM?</p>

<p>I got to say that my EC aren’t that good. Will making websites and running blogs count as EC? For school service credit I tutored math kids.</p>