Is this true?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>People that I go to school with like to think that if you have around a 3.7 unweighted GPA and at least a 2050 or higher on the SAT, then you're pretty much set at most colleges aside from the Ivy and elite, private LACs, assuming that you don't have anything too detrimental on your record, like a major suspension for cheating, etc. </p>

<p>This seems like wishful thinking. Perhaps a little too wishful. Thoughts? </p>

<p>I go to school in a Boston suburb, where when students talk about college "in general", they're really referencing Boston University, Northeastern, and UMass. (Not BC, Harvard, MIT, etc.)</p>

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<p>It’s pretty much true. In the grand scheme of things, most colleges are community colleges and random state schools that no non-local person has heard of.</p>

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<p>Yep, sounds about right. Have a 3.8 and a 2100 just to be on the safe side.</p>

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<p>@halyconheather - But not for private universities?</p>

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<p>^
Most private universities aren’t very selective.</p>

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<p>@halcyonheather “Commencement speech at Cornell? Pfft, I don’t do safety schools.” - Tracy Jordan</p>

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<p>Those stats will get you in everywhere outside the top 50.</p>

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<p>^ And some top 50 schools.</p>

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<p>don’t any schools outside the top 50 look at ECs?</p>

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<p>Not if you have a great GPA and SAT.</p>

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<p>Once you are out of the top 100 national and 50 LACs assuming you have at least decent ECs, essays and recs this is basically true.</p>

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<p>Yes, for most schools, that would be true. There are very few schools that are so selective (besides the ones that you’ve mentioned) that they would casually reject somebody with scores and grades like those.</p>