<p>Just out of curiosity, anyone here with low stats but excellent sat got into a good schools like the ivies, MIT, Stanford etc.? What i mean by low stats is that you have a <4.0 uw gpa, little extracurricular, few ap courses etc. I want to see how much impact the SAT has over other academic stuff. Feel free to throw in other stuff that you think probably had a big impact on your college application.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I doubt that many of these applicants exist.</p>
<p><4.0 uw is considered low now?</p>
<p>Lol. And it's unweighted too! I have a feeling that the OP meant <<4.0 weighted.</p>
<p>I should have mentioned. I meant like an average between 3.5 and 4.0</p>
<p>@aaa12321</p>
<p>I was considering <4.0 uw low because it is kind of low for ivies and other top colleges.</p>
<p>I don't know anyone whose SAT score saved them from otherwise subpar performance in HS. Top colleges receive more than enough applications from students who are superlative in every respect.</p>
<p>< 4.0 uw is not low for top colleges or Ivies.</p>
<p>If anything I'd say "kind of low for Ivies and top colleges" is around 3.6, 3.7.</p>
<p>4.0 uw is not low. There is NO way to get above that uw that I can think of right now. Am I missing something?</p>
<p>Colleges don't put that much importance on the SAT any more. A good SAT score can mean a lot of things, from someone who's a good test-taker to some kid whose parents spent a lot of money on courses and tutoring to bump that score up.</p>
<p>That being said, a good SAT score can help, but it isn't an auto-admit to a top school like it may have been a few...decades ago.</p>
<p>I actually have high GPA low SAT, but some guy in our school was the lazy kind. He was good at tests but that's about it. </p>
<p>Itihkn he had about a 3.8ish gpa unweighted and a 2300+ SAT. HE got into UCBerkeley</p>
<p>it also depends upon the school. a rigorous private may not even have a candidate with a 4.0 uw whereas many publics do.</p>
<p>lol your LAZY friend h a 3.8?</p>
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<p>lamest excuses possible, yet you hear them so often.</p>
<p>I have a 2.5UW GPA with like a 2030 SAT and I know myself I have no shot at an Ivy League.</p>
<p>I'm applying a few UC's though. :P</p>
<p>I myself am very interested in this topic. I have a 3.5-3.6 uw, no ecs except for work and a 2360. I'd like to know how others with similar stats fared. I'd put myself in the "good test-taker" category</p>