<p>I am a high school junior, i am ranked 9 out of 278 students. My unweighted GPA is a 94 and weighted GPA is a 96. I dont have extracurricular activities besides tutoring kids which i consider volunteer work. i didnt take my sat yet, but on practice tests i am averaging between 1500 and 1600. i want to become a lawyer but i seriously doubt i can get into an ivy league school especially with my sat score. Does anyone know about programs where good school take students that are smart, but have low sat scores. Also my parents make about 150,000 so i cant say i am poor. Also any sat tips for me i take it on june 2nd. Please help!</p>
<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>Definitley get your SAT. But it would be helpful to know things like: Region? Campus size? what you plan to study? etc.</p>
<p>I live in new york i wanna study pre law or political science, i am willing to relocate anywhere, besides places that are dangerous. I want to have small classes no more than like 50 kids in a class.</p>
<p>There is no ‘pre-law’ major and laws schools have no pre-reqs. Study whatever you want to.</p>
<p>Your grades and class rank are very good, but your test scores are surprisingly low. Did you practice before you took the SAT or are you just bad at timed tests? If the former, do yourself a favor by practicing and retaking the test. If the latter, you might want to look into the test optional schools (google ‘test optional colleges’) like Bates in Maine or Hamilton in update NY. These are both liberal arts colleges by the way - LACs - which tend to have very small class sizes.</p>
<p>Also, have the money talk with your parents now - how much have they saved for college, how much can they afford to pay, how much debt do they expect you to carry, etc…</p>
<p>Look into test optional schools…</p>
<p>[The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org)</p>
<p>Sounds like you would love Muhlenberg</p>
<p>I got my SAT scores back and i got a 1600. Do you think i should take it again? I believe Boston University will accept me with a 1600 sat score and my gpa. Any advice?</p>
<p>You need to take those again. Those are well below the 25%ile for scores. <a href=“http://www.bu.edu/oir/files/2012/05/cds-c.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bu.edu/oir/files/2012/05/cds-c.pdf</a></p>
<p>No harm in taking the SAT again, so you might as well. Or maybe you can try out the ACT?</p>
<p>I agree with rodney
muhlenberg is probably a great fit!</p>
<p>I know of two seniors from my son’s high school (one lives right next door) who got accepted to BU. They were both top 5%. I don’t know their SAT scores, but the next door neighbor’s mother told me her daughter scored “very high.” I think BU is a tough school to get into.</p>
<p>I am going to take it again. Trying to get a 1900 but i am not taking any classes. I was doing this by my self since the beginning</p>
<p>BU is not all that hard to get into</p>
<p>3.4/1850+/28+</p>
<p>Try the ACT – some do better on the ACT than the SAT.</p>
<p>Perhaps consider some SUNY schools at in-state cost – save money for expensive law school. The ones called “university colleges” tend to be smaller than the “university centers”.</p>
<p>Also i believe my GPA is going to increase because junior year i never got below 90’s. they varied from 90-to 100 unweighted. Do u think that also increases my chances of getting into a good school. I believe that will increase my class rank to like a 7 or 8.</p>
<p>Sarah Lawrence is test-optional. So is Ursinus College, Bard College, American University, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Colorado College, Pitzer College, Trinity College, Hamilton College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and many other schools… However, it’s not difficult to get your SAT score up to the 2000 level, taking the SAT is something that for the most part (Critical Reading less than others) can be learned. Have you tried the SAT? Many of my classmates find it MUCH easier, and score better on it. </p>
<p>And for the record, law school comes after earning your undergraduate degree… Law schools don’t care about the prestige of the undergraduate school you attended, only about your GPA + LSAT (Law Score Admission Test) score. It’s not necessary to get into an Ivy League school for undergraduate in order to go to law school.</p>
<p>Given the importance of the LSAT in law school admissions, learning test taking skills would be a good thing, as it could help you with the LSAT as well as the SAT and ACT.</p>
<p>Note that LSAT takers’ average performance varies by undergraduate major, with majors like math and philosophy doing well (with several other quantitative majors also doing well). Presumably, having some practice with logical thinking helps.</p>
<p>I meant have you tried the ACT, most of my classmates find it to be much easier, and score much higher on it. Sorry, my brain’s half dead today!=P</p>
<p>My counselor told me not to take the ACT, because my high school it a trades and technical high school and i majored in BIO/Chem. She said colleges wont consider it as heavily compared to your sat scores. So i will probably take it in november if anything</p>
<p>ACT is generally used interchangeably with SAT as shown here:
[The</a> ACT | ACT-SAT Concordance | ACT](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/]The”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT)</p>
<p>Some students do much better on one compared to the other.</p>