I go to high school in Virginia. I got a 29 on the ACT and my super score is a 30.
My gpa is a 3.84 and I am taking 5 APs this year and last year I took 4. I am very involved in my school and sports. I also do a lot of service for the community. I got straight A’s my first quarter and sent those in. I also plan on sending my semester grades before February 15 so that those can be considered. Should I take the new SAT in January to see if I can better my chances of getting in or is it not worth it?
Our stats are pretty similar. My ACT is a 30. My GPA is a 4.0, and my school does not weight my GPA, and I have 7 AP classes. I am 1st in my class of 283 (I am going to assume that you are somewhere close to that as well). I am also very active in my school and community. I am not really concerned about not getting in. Clemson’s Acceptance rate percentages are all in the 50’s. I know that some majors are more competitive than others, but their middle 50% of students that submitted their ACT scores got between a 27 and a 31. 50.6% of their students got between a 24 and a 29.
So to answer your question, I would personally not worry about that SAT for the purposes of acceptance. If you are wanting more scholarships or anything like that I would consider retaking it.
I found this calculator online several years ago. I am not sure how accurate it is because it only takes into consideration GPA, out of a 5.0 scale, and your ACT or SAT. It does not ask about the other factors that Clemson Admissions takes into consideration. But it gave me an idea of what my chances are just based on Clemson’s Average ACT and GPA. (Because my school does not weight, I calculated what my weighted GPA would be and used that for the calculation.) I would say that your changes could be higher or lower depending on Class Rigor and Rank.
http://www.prepscholar.com/act/s/colleges/Clemson-ACT-scores-GPA
This is Clemson’s Common Data set. If you are curious about something really specific, I would look and see if they published it.
http://www.clemson.edu/oirweb1/fb/factBook/CommonDataSet2015.pdf
1st Link: Sorry about that
http://www.prepscholar.com/act/s/colleges/Clemson-ACT-scores-GPA
Sorry y’all its not wanting to let me post the right link. Google “chances at Clemson” and 2 prepscholar links should show up. One is for ACT one is for SAT.