<p>Like the title says. I'm pretty smart and I have good EC's etc., I was just lazy in school till this year really and I was wondering if my 2280 SAT (superscore) makes up for my low 3.4 (UW) GPA. I want to apply to competitive schools, i.e top 50</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>Not at the higher ones like top 25. You have a shot at the others tho</p>
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<p>I agree you going to have to go down to the top 25 to 50. You are free to apply to any but you chances are slim.</p>
<p>What is your class rank and are you taking the most difficult courses possible (ie Calc BC junior year, Physics C etc)? If so, you may have a shot at some in the Top 25, especially if you visit and apply to one ED. But if your rank is below the Top 10%, then the Top 25 is very unlikely. As another poster has stated (forget who but I liked it), the SAT shows the student wearing their Sunday best clothes, while GPA is a mark of every day wear. Colleges want to see both.</p>
<p>In my view, some very good schools that tend to emphasize SAT scores as much as grades (although this is not to say that grades are not also important) – Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, Washington University, and Northwestern</p>
<p>Yeah, that sort of discrepancy worked out well for me, I wouldn’t worry.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice guys 
i was planning on applying to a couple top 25 for my reach schools
my school actually doesn’t do rank so thats good cause it wouldnt be that high, and im taking the most rigorous courseload :)</p>
<p>If you are outside the top 10% then you basically have zero chance at almost all the top 25 schools.</p>
<p>Even though your school does not officially rank the school profile sent to colleges allows the admission offices to at least infer where you are in the class.</p>
<p>oh i didn’t know that :s thanks</p>