For big state schools, is it just "all about the numbers"?

Applying to College
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<p>My cousin, whose son is at U Maryland, says that she is convinced that the public school look onto to the GPA/SATs...if you meet the cutoff, you're in (or out). I'm hoping for more. (My son is looking at a number of large, public universities, and has some wonderful sport/music/leadership/other awards stuff.) Does anyone really know how important the ECs/interests are to the application? And how about the essays?</p>

<p>Thanks for any insight!</p>

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<p>In general, public schools are more number-based than private schools. But that does not mean that they don't care about anything else. Make sure the rest of your application is just as good.</p>

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<p>State schools definitely weigh the SAT much, much more heavily than privates.</p>

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<p>I know UGA weighs GPA over anything else.</p>