<p>One of the biggest misconceptions that I've seen here is that colleges have become very RANDOM in their selections. Of course, people back that statement up with the fact that they've seen people with higher GPA's and higher SAT's get rejected, and someone who barely got a 1000 on an SAT and are barely at a 3.5 GPA get accepted to the same college.</p>
<p>For goodness sakes, some of you people make it sound like colleges are simply pulling names out of a frickin' hat!!... </p>
<p>So here's the answer to that big misconception..... Colleges will NEVER EVER be random when it comes to selecting students.</p>
<p>Remember the FOUR BIGGEST THINGS colleges look at:</p>
<p>1.) GPA
2.) SAT Score
3.) Personal Statement
4.) and of course... WHERE THE HELL YOU ARE FROM!</p>
<p>Remember, Colleges have a very low tendency of putting you up against students from different disctricts and schools. Your stats will be put up against STUDENTS FROM YOUR VERY OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT!</p>
<p>Therefore... If your school district, or particular school is known to crank out 4.0-1500SAT students, then you have some maaad competition.... HOWEVER, For those school districts who are known to crank out 2.0-500SAT students, then a student in that school district with the 3.5 and 1100 SAT will get ALL the attention from the college they choose. </p>
<p>THAT my friends, is the reason WHY we see people with 3.8's and 1200's get accepted over people with 4.2's and 1500's. Those people simply weren't blessed with the opportunity to be enrolled in a very good school district known for VERY GOOD TEACHING. So the next time you see what you think was a big mistake in the admissions process... REMEMBER, there is a reason WHY a person was not accepted. There is usually ALWAYS someone that has done a better job with the exact same tools YOU were given. And also someone who has done A LOT with VERY LITTLE. And also... colleges aren't always looking for the bookworms!!... (Obviously) They want the well-rounded and those who show MOST POTENTIAL!.</p>
<p>And please... if you want to reply to this post... think carefully... please don't reply with neanderthall BS asking things like "So someone with a 200 SAT can get in over someone with a 1500 because they were in a sucky school district?"...... Dont be stupid.. There are limits to the general guidelines I stated. As college-bound students (or maybe not), most of you should have the point I was trying to get across.</p>