<p>If I have a high SAT score (2100) but only an 83 GPA, will my score help me at all?</p>
<p>thats a great score!
but unfortunately, i dont think its high enough to make up for a lower GPA</p>
<p>but that said, gpa and scores arent everything, and as long as everything else stands out, you should have a good chance!</p>
<p>gl!</p>
<p>Do you think i could get into a decent school with those grades? I haven't taken the ACT yet, but I'm a junior this year and I'm in 1 AP and 1 Honors and I've taken 4 years of science already and 5 years of a language plus I've been a cheerleader for 3 years (Captain of my JV team for 1 year) and I am in 3 clubs and volunteer at the animal shelter and a day care.</p>
<p>Sorry to bother you, if you don't know it's ok</p>
<p>Just 1 AP and 1 Honors? "decent" is relative-but State schools are a possibility for those stats. Colleges will weigh your transcript most heavily, so be sure to bring your grade up to a 95 with a more rigorous course load and you will definitely have a shot at competitive schools.</p>
<p>Well I've been taking English honors all throughout high school, and my school doesn't offer AP courses until 11th grade, so yeah, I've only taken one AP, because it is the only one that has been available. By the way, if you are going to be unhelpful, and you're just gonna suggest bringing my average up to an unreasonable number, than it is unnecessary to respond.</p>
<p>Shooting for a 95 is unreasonable? Hm, maybe I set the bar a little too high. Forget about the "Competitive schools" part and just stick to the state schools. And how do you expect people to respond to your terribly vague-and not to mention jaded-question? Use the search function- there are countless "High SAT, low GPA" threads, I am sure you'll find reasonable answers. If there is one, that is. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Yes, bringing your average from an 83 up to a 95 sounds unreasonable considering she has less than a year before she applies to colleges.
and i'm guessing she was expecting people to respond and be helpful, instead of unconstructive and rude</p>
<p>Let me guess- you're illiterate as well? Here, let me show you what I said.
"bring your grade up to a 95 with a more rigorous course load and you will definitely have a shot at competitive schools"</p>
<p>Her question was vague. Does she mean ivy leagues by "decent"? To me, "decent" means Rice, BC, tufts, etc. So if she did not mention the type of colleges she wishes to attend, how do you expect people to respond? Is it unreasonable to tell her to bring her current average up to a 95 given the cutthroat college admissions in the next few years? Is it unreasonable to suggest taking a more rigorous course load? Was I in the wrong for not knowing that she is only offered one AP? Is it unreasonable to aim for a >90 average next semester? The answer is no. Be quiet.</p>
<p>collegekid1234: Thank you, that is exactly what I meant by this question.
Zenbadabing: As for being too vague, i'm sorry that you may of misunderstood "decent" to mean ivy leage schools. I am obviously not interested in ivy leage schools, nor am I interested in BC or Tufts seeing at those are both amazing, not decent, schools. It's not unreasonable to aim for a 90+ average, but as for switching to a more rigorous course load, I am already halfway through the year, and unable to switch. Also, even if I did manage to attain a 90+ average next semester, it would not make my overall GPA a 95 or anything near it. It was also uncalled for to call collegekid1234 illiterate, that's just rude.</p>
<p>I think what Zen meant was that bringing this semester's grades up to 95 will show improvement and get you a much better shot at any school, even if it's too late for the very top.</p>
<p>Just try and bring your GPA up as much as possible. Colleges look much more favorably on students who go from a low GPA to a high GPA than students who maintain a constant GPA or worse, do the inverse. Also, try and do well on the subject tests. If you do well on them, it helps to make up for the bad grades, because it shows that you really know your material, even if your GPA isn't that great.</p>
<p>@Lunatic: Colleges do not look more favorably on people that go from low to high as compared to people that stay with a high GPA consistently.</p>
<p>But seriously, as Zen said, you just have to try to keep your GPA as high as possible. A 95 is obviously impossible at this stage, but every point that you can get closer to that is great. If you can't take a more rigorous course load this year, then definitely aim for a harder one next year. If your school only offers 1 AP course for Juniors, then colleges are not going to look down on the fact that you took only 1 AP course. Just take as challenging a curriculum as you can.</p>
<p>With that being said, your stats are very good for most, if not all, state schools. If BC and Tufts are what you consider amazing schools, then I think you will be able to get in almost all of the "decent" schools that you apply to. You shouldn't have to worry that much.</p>
<p>^^
khoitrinh, sorry for the confusion. When I made the comparison of GPAs, I meant ones with approximately the same average. Thus, constant = constantly medium: not constantly high. To rephrase what I said in a more simple manner: colleges take everything into account, but the way you end is more important to them than the way you start, so try to at least end well. Hope that clears things up.</p>