<p>Well, I have a 1700 SAT when I took it in the spring. But I got my AP results back and I did very well. I got a 5 on US Hist and 4 on Lit. Also I took Gen Chem I n II at a 4 year accredited college this summer and got B+ and B- respectively. Now, I'm about to start senior year and going to take AP calc and AP writing. I want to know if colleges, specifically the good ones, will look down at me because of my low SAT (relative to all of yous!). Right now, I'm looking to apply to Villanova, Penn State, and Drexel. I'm trying to get into schools that offer loads of need-based aid, but they all have such high SAT scores that it's discouraging which is why I made this topic :(
I have a 3.9 now, but since I've transferred in last year, they'll include my freshman and Soph GPA which is gonna pull it down to a 3.7ish</p>
<p>so sad you’re not californian. UCs love high GPAs more than they do test scores (SATs, ACT). you would have made it into one or two of the UCs.</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>Have you considered the ACT? The style is different enough that you could do noticeably better in one or the other.</p>
<p>Yeah… take the ACT and work your butt off for the retake in early Senior year.</p>
<p>I got a 26 on the ACT. I got a 30 on the math, but a 20 on the science. It’s not that I’m not good at science, it’s just that I don’t remember or didn’t learn the material yet. I don’t remember what I had on the other sections, but this is what stuck out to me the most. sorry, I should have included this in the first post, it slipped.</p>
<p>Your HS transcript is the single best predictor for success in college. Every single college admissions officer knows that.</p>
<p>Lots of students do poorly on standardized exams, which is another thing that every single college admissions officer knows.</p>
<p>If you really can’t face another ACT/SAT exam ever, take a look at the exam-optional college/university list at [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org)</p>
<p>You should sit down with sample ACT and SAT exams, and work through them at home. Figure out if your problem is that you run out of time in an exam situation, if there are facts that you just don’t know yet, if you are bad at keeping the bubbles straight, etc. If you can identify a specific difficulty, you can work on that one issue. For example, the ACT Science section is more about being able to read and analyze data tables than it is about specific scientific facts. If you can master the kinds of questions that are asked, you will probably improve your score.</p>
<p>Many people who post here at CC report nearly unbelievable grades and test scores. Your guidance counselor knows which colleges/universities students with academic records like yours have been admitted to from your HS. Sit down with him/her and discuss your list. He/she may have some ideas for you.</p>
<p>We all have our weaknesses. </p>
<p>Have you thought about doing prep courses? They generally do help increase scores but a couple hundred points.</p>
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I’ve heard people say the SAT is? Can anyone confirm or deny this? Regardless you probably meant HS transcript with respect to the high school’s grading policies and overall quality. A 3.7 at an elite prep school where a B requires a ton of work is pretty strong, and these kids will commonly get into top ten schools.</p>
<p>Bates College did a study comparing students whose test scores were considered for admisstion with those students who did not submit test scores. The study found there was a statistically insignficant difference in the college performance of the two groups. There are a large number of students who are really good students who underperform on standardized tests.</p>