<p>My son is a high school junior. Both parents are Clemson grads, as were numerous other family members. He will be a fifth generation legacy, starting with his great-great grandfather. Clemson is the only place he wants to go.
He took the SAT as a sophomore: 510 reading/530 math/470 writing
His GPA is 3.88 unweighted.
No AP classes. They aren't offered at his small private school.
His class rank is 5 of 11. Again, small school, but one that has sent quite a few students to Clemson in the last few graduating classes.
He's not sure of of his major, but is thinking of dental school.
He will take the SAT several more times and will try the ACT too. Is there any downside to taking the SAT over and over again (other than the exhaustion of doing it?)<br>
Also, the admissions video mentions provisional acceptance as a high school junior. any idea of how to apply for that or is that done through sending SAT scores?
Thanks in advance!! Go Tigers!</p>
<p>to be blunt about it, even though he is a legacy, his SAT score is terrible. His GPA is great but the fact that none of them are AP classes doesn’t help give more weight to that either and class rank doesn’t help him either so he will need to improve on his SAT score. I struggled the first time I took the SAT and the key is just practice, practice, practice. I borrowed every book in the library (Princeton Review, Kaplan etc…) and drilled/read strategies that may have helped me.</p>
<p>The SAT range for Clemson is 1160-1310 (reading and math only) so shoot to get into this range. The ACT range for people accepted to Clemson is 26-30. I would definitely take the ACT before the SAT. I know personally I did way better on the ACT than the SAT and only sent my ACT score since it was my best score. The tests are different so different people test better on different tests. </p>
<p>Provisional acceptance is usually given out through sending SAT scores (though I wouldn’t worry about that until you get the SAT scores up).</p>
<p>Best of luck with the admissions process!</p>
<p>Thanks Pierre. He took the SAT the morning after the prom, so it certainly wasn’t his best 
I feel sure seeing his PSAT, he’ll get to a 1200 or better.<br>
Do you think you can take those standardized test too much? Should I have him, this early in his junior year, start taking them over and over? Or am I better to have him just take it once this fall, then maybe again in the spring?</p>
<p>um, about the provisional acceptance thing, I got one and one other girl in my grade got one. I never sent any sat scores nor did I apply or anything. It just completely randomly came in the mail one day. The letter said they used some College Board search service and they got my sat scores and gpa. but my sat is only a 1240/1600 so i was really confused…</p>
<p>jspeed12, I don’t work in the admissions office so I don’t know how provisional acceptance works. Someone should ask the admissions office and report back here how they actually determine that…</p>
<p>2Tigers90, I took the SAT 3 years ago but I think that now you can choose what scores you can send to colleges (new change after I graduated)? So I mean you could take the test as many times as you needed to until you achieved the desired result. I would really limit each standardized test to once in the fall and once in the spring and just use the time in between to prepare. Personally I would be burned out if I had to take the SAT more than once-twice a semester</p>
<p>pierre, I got a 1320/1600. I’m taking it again next week, so most likely it’ll go up. But my GPA is like a 3.5? Does that GPA drag me down? If so, enough that Clemson is a reach?</p>
<p>your SAT score is above average. As long as your GPA is above a B+, I would not lose sleep about it dragging you down. Good luck!</p>