<p>impossible. it's out of 800.</p>
<p>:) not impossible. Jan 2005 test. He will sit again in October, but those were his scores on the old SAT. </p>
<p>(remember, he was CTY, he has already sat twice for the SATs. But back then he thought it was fun!)</p>
<p>from the collegeboard website:
"SAT scores are reported on a scale from 200-800, with additional subscores reported for the essay (ranging from 2-12)..."</p>
<p>ok, I'm operating from memory so I could be off, mainly because the standardized test scores are beside the point for me. Test scores have always been good, grades in HS have been awful. It's the broad strokes I'm dealing w/ right now. But if the scores are critical for this discussion I can pull his file and give both SATs. </p>
<p>Again, I'm focused on the consistently dismal grades leading to a poor overall GPA as his primary issue and looking for schools that are willing to invest in underperforming students.</p>
<p>while geography is somewhat important (east coast and midwest) and I have a bias that small schools may be more forgiving and supportive, I am also trying to leave the criteria as broad as possible to generate options that we haven't considered and should, given his academic realities.</p>
<p>university of hartford, roger williams, keene state</p>
<p>SAT scores would be helpful (830 does not exist). Also, the suggestion of community college is a good one. A cousin of mine that I'm pretty close with went that route (brilliant kid, never tried in high school or wanted to go to college until he experienced the alternative) and now after two years at a local cc he's a junior at URI and doing very, very well. Not to mention all the money he saved on two years of tuition; community college is SO inexpensive compared to 4-year schools.</p>
<p>I would look seriously into community college for the first year or two. They are designed to build a strong foundation for the student, and then if he is excelling he can transfer to a 4-year college. You'll need to do research for CC too in order to make sure that their transfer program is strong. Good community colleges provide strong support programs for students, and are designed to deal with students who did not necessarily excel in high school. </p>
<p>If I were you, my son would need to prove himself to me that he is really interested in academia now. CC is much cheaper than an LAC, and will be more designed to deal with students like him. Even top colleges accept transfers from CCs. It won't affect his chances at grad school provided that his UL courses are from a 4-year college and he does well in them.</p>