<p>Say you have 2400 SAT, 2400 SAT II.
How much weight do these scores pull?
Can they make up for low (ish) GPAs? </p>
<p>What does 2400 SAT II mean?</p>
<p>How lowish are we talking about?</p>
<p>800s on, say, Physics, Math 2 and Literature subject tests.
GPAs in the 3 - 3.5 range ?</p>
<p>3.5 unweighted is not that bad, if you have 2400s as indicated. If you are targeting Ivies, the two would likely balance out, but as usual, your ECs and essays would matter a lot.</p>
<p>Thankyou!<br>
Do you think I have a shot at UChicago or Cornell?</p>
<p>Generally, GPA is much more important than test scores. I disagree that a 2400 would balance out a 3.5; that unweighted GPA would make Ivy League schools extreme reaches without hooks.</p>
<p>The GPAs really do play a major role- probably weighed more than the test scores- in the common apps.
But if you took 10 AP classes and as many crazy IB courses as possible, it could sort of cancel it out; but I don’t really think 3.5 is a good range. For a better shot at colleges like UChicago and Cornell, UW GPA of 3.8 is the average for their applicant pool. But who knows- your extracurriculars and essays could be amazing. I’m just saying there is no silver bullet for colleges. However GPAs tend to be very important and most applicants do have a 3.8 UW GPAs for those two particular schools.</p>
<p>I understand it’s very important, but is it a dealbreaker? </p>
<p>Can be. Can not be. It depends on the situation. There is no definite answer, sorry. Just hope for the best.</p>
<p>Correct. The issue is the number of 3.9 - 4.0 with 2300+ applications you go up against at these most selective schools. </p>