<p>my school has an unweighted GPA and is known to most colleges as being very rigorous.</p>
<p>I did not do so well my junior year and my 3 year GPA is a 2.88 unweighted with lots of honors and advanced classes and nothing below a C+ and I'm doing very well (straight As) for first quarter senior year but I am very concerened about my low GPA.</p>
<p>I took the SAT in March and got a 2040. 740 - Math. 600 - CR. 690 - Writing.</p>
<p>Will my good SAT scores make up for my very average GPA?</p>
<p>A 2.88 is not possible with any A’s unless you have A LOT of B- and C+ grades.</p>
<p>Your SAT will not make up for that GPA at top schools, unless you have extenuating circumstances. Too many kids with that SAT score have great GPAs and rigor to boot.</p>
<p>Your best bet is to find schools that use a formula for admission or to find schools where your test score exceeds the 75% level. Not saying you won’t get in elsewhere, but realistically, your chances are very diminished. There are still some very good schools you can get into, including your state flagship in most cases.</p>
<p>If a college to which you apply has published cut-offs, such as a GPA of 3.2, then clearly you will be an auto-reject regardless of your SAT score.</p>
<p>If a college to which you apply has a 25/75 SAT score range that includes yours, such as 1800/2050, then your score will have a similarly negligible impact.</p>
<p>However, if you are interested in colleges where your GPA is close to the middle 50% for their admitted class, then your SAT score will likely help. In fact, many schools in this category offer merit scholarships for high test scores.</p>
<p>If you have to ask, no, it won’t.</p>
<p>I had the highest SAT score of anyone from my high school who’d applied to Johns Hopkins in the past few years since the scattergramming system had been set up (dozens of students) by about 150 points. I got flat-out rejected, as my GPA was merely average there.</p>
<p>A 2.88 culm GPA will make it problematic to be admitted to any top-100 college. Please make an appt w/your guid counselor to develop a realistic list of colleges where you’ll thrive. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>I applied to U of Vermont, U of British Columbia, UMass Amherst, UPitt, U of Oregon, Oregon State University, U of Colorado at Boulder, U of New Hampshire, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Binghamton</p>