<p>i have a 3.5 gpa. Im taking the SATs on saturday for the first time and i was wondering if my gpa is solid enough to maintain a solid/decent SAT score and ultimately get in. I also have extracurriculars such as varsity sports and many community service hours if that helps.</p>
<p>All that Clemson really cares about is GPA and SAT/ACT. Just try to keep your GPA around 3.5 and produce an SAT 1200+ and your golden. Any clubs, extracurricular, sports, etc really mean little to nothing if you don’t have the scores they are looking for.</p>
<p>im out of state and i got in with a 3.54 unweighted gpa and a 1220 sat and had literally NO extracurriculars, i dont think those are looked at very much at all because my stats werent really above average so i thought maybe i shouldve had some ec’s to help put me above other applicants but i got in no problem with no ec’s not waitlisted or anything</p>
<p>thanks…is that how it is with most state schools…all grades but they dont care much about ec’s?</p>
<p>that is correct</p>
<p>I think it has more to do with the applicant pool. More prestigious schools have a higher concentration of students with high grades/scores, while other schools can distinguish the ‘better’ students through just grades/scores.</p>
<p>Is there a certain % they take in state vs OOS like UNC or do they let the applicant pool determise the ratio</p>
<p>Clemson tries to have about 30% of the freshmen class be OOS students</p>