<p>How high of an SAT score would someone with a GPA of about 3.0-3.4 need to qualify for a full ride to something like a SUNY school? Would an SAT score of 2200 qualify such a person for a full ride to any school?</p>
<p>A FULL ride’s almost always complimented with outstanding EC’s, not just great SAT’s. Nevertheless, SUNY may not be Harvard, but it still is somewhat respectable. So just go for a 2400 then! But even so, I’m sure you’d get good financial aid with something like a 2200, 3.9 GPA.</p>
<p>^^^^ Agree. Just shoot for the moon!</p>
<p>I’m going to really push myself for the SAT and see where that gets me. My ECs aren’t bad, but they’re not too great either. It’s already too late for me to get a 3.9 GPA due to my first two years in high school. Even though my junior year + the first semester of my senior year weighted will probably be something like 4.1+, altogether I’ll be lucky to pull off a 3.5.</p>
<p>On a semi-related side-note, how much do colleges really take into account the student’s change in performance over time? In 10th grade I had something like a 2.9 weighted (horrible, I know) with only 1 honors class. I went from that to a 3.9 with 1 AP class in my junior year, and finally in my senior year I’m going to be taking 4 AP courses (5 AP exams, 1 self-studied) and will easily pull off an over 4.0+ weighed.</p>
<p>In some ways it’ll help. I heard colleges love to see progression. But a 2.9 weighted is tough to overcome, considering it’s the 2nd most important grade (to 11th, of course).</p>
<p>Oh, and my 9th grade GPA was about 3.3.</p>
<p>I’ve read that colleges like to see a good senior course load, how true is that?</p>
<p>It’s unlikely you’re looking at a full ride anywhere. With a 2200 you would get full tuition at Alabama, but not a full ride.</p>
<p>Are you a junior or a senior? There are a few threads about 3.0- 3.3 students you might want to check out.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/988009-underachievers-3-3-gpa-less-2000-sats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/988009-underachievers-3-3-gpa-less-2000-sats.html</a></p>
<p>I’m entering my senior year of high school now. I’m not as educated about all of this college related stuff as I feel I should be, so now I’m doing tons of research.</p>
<p>If I have a good SAT score, say 2100+, and I apply to a SUNY school whose 75th percentile SAT scores around around 1900 would it be more likely that I would get good financial aid so that with that and some loans I would be able to cover the cost of the school? The college(s) that I hope to attend aren’t great, but they’re decent and I would like to know if it’s realistic that I will be able to cover the full cost with scholarships/grants along with loans. I know that loans are limited, and because I’m looking at quite literally no contribution from my parents I’m worried. The entire cost of everything I’ll be looking at is around the $16k / year range, which is far below what I will be able to take out in loans (especially as a freshman).</p>
<p>Aside from merit aid, SAT scores don’t have much to do with how much money you get.Maybe you can “search” the thread I linked above for the schools you are looking at, or check their websites for merit aid, and use your current SAT scores first.</p>
<p>“A variety of academic and other merit scholarships are awarded individually by State University campuses. You will be automatically considered when you apply for financial aid. Many SUNY campuses use the information on the FAFSA as a factor in awarding scholarships.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.suny.edu/student/paying_scholarship_links.cfm[/url]”>http://www.suny.edu/student/paying_scholarship_links.cfm</a></p>
<p>There was also something about TAP awarding up to full tuition.'</p>
<p>That link is very helpful, thanks!</p>
<p>Glad to help. </p>
<p>This might help too.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/suny-general/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/suny-general/</a></p>
<p>There are also forums for several SUNYS</p>
<p>The big question is: what’s your EFC? If your family is low income and your parents ate not expected to contribute, need based aid plus loans would make a SUNY doable. It gets much harder if your parents are deemed able to contribute but don’t choose to. That’s when you need to dig deep for merit aid.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m going to need to look into is need based aid. Without diving into the specifics I can say confidently that my parents will not be deemed able to contribute. So I suppose I’ll be looking into SUNY need based aid.</p>
<p>“If your family is low income and your parents ate not expected to contribute, need based aid plus loans would make a SUNY doable.”</p>
<p>Cool!! Including room and board?</p>
<p>Yes, it’s very likely a SUNY would be affordable for an instate student with a 0 EFC…$5550 Pell, $4900 TAP, $5500 Stafford would cover tuition, room and board. Work study, SEOG, SUSTA and Perkins loans would likely cover that balance. That’s without any merit aid. If the OP can secure some scholarships, or bring some savings or other resources, he can probably avoid unsub loans.</p>