<p>Okayyy, so although I'm a smart girl I haven't done so great in high school from the start due to some personal issues i've struggled with but have now over come. I took honors classes in middle school but not in high school because my grades got too low. I just finished my junior year and my gpa so far is a 70-75. But despite my low grades I studied extremely hard, took the SAT once and scored a 2400! I plan on applying in november. So do I have any chance of getting into these schools?:</p>
<p>Penn State
Auburn
NC Sate-Raleigh</p>
<p>Will it make any difference if i get all straight a's my senior year?
Also will taking the SAT a second time improve my chances because I will have two scores to send instead of one? </p>
<p>And if not any of these schools then what are some school I'd have a better chance at?</p>
<p>If this is serious (I find it hard to believe in the existence of a person with a 2400 and a C- GPA…), you REALLY need to emphasize your personal struggles in your essays/counselor’s recommendation letter. Otherwise, schools will think you’re just another smart but lazy student and may not accept you. For your sake, I hope you had some really significant personal struggles though; a little bit of stress isn’t going to be enough to explain the grades.</p>
<p>You don’t need to take the SAT’s again.
I would still suggest you try your hardest and pull through your senior year. Even if you got A perfect SAT score, don’t let your grades slip.</p>
<p>You never mentioned taking any Extra curricular activities? Colleges don’t want another bookworm. And being busy with activities besides school show that you can manage your time wisely.
While you still have the time I suggest getting involved in as many school activity groups, or extracurricular activities.
It just increases your chances of possibly getting into the college you want to get into.</p>
<p>you could use this site
[CollegeView</a> - College Finder & Recruiting Service](<a href=“http://www.collegeview.com%5DCollegeView”>http://www.collegeview.com)
type the school you want
go to school facts</p>
<p>Ultimately your SAT scores are a reflection of what you know
and even with low grades, I think that SAT score speaks enough for itself.
You’ll probably get into the colleges you want with ease</p>
<p>SAT scores are hardly a reflection of what you know, aside from basic algebra/geometry concepts, vocabulary, and a pretty elementary ability to communicate ideas.</p>
<p>I’m not saying your SAT score means nothing, but I don’t believe it’s necessarily a reflection of your ability to do well in school. </p>
<p>It’s a test of the ability to consider and respond to information and questions regarding the analysis of that information.</p>
<p>It’s definitely worth applying where you’d like to go and doing your best on the application, but SAT scores don’t really speak for themselves.</p>
<p>extracurricular - volunteer at an animal shelter and hospital, volunteered at my church and a preschool, was involved in a club at my school that does service to the community (i really like doing volunteer work and helping people). Also I should’ve put this in my first post but anyway: I can speak romanian (learned from my mother as a child), czech (also learned from my mother as a child), took 2 years of spanish in school but can’t speak it aside from a handful of phrases that almost everyone knows, can speak german (7 years of lessons), recently started learning italian on my own through courses but still at a beginner’s level . Would this improve my chances significantly enough?</p>
<p>How i scored 2400 on the SAT:
I did ALOT of prepping on my own through a ton of books. I did not take a course because I find that learning on my own is more effective and productive. While an SAT class can be 2-3 hours long, I can do so much more in that time on my own and at my own pace. While an SAT class can be helpful to some people I did just fine without it.</p>
<p>here’s a breakdown of what i did:
-Collegeboard Oficial SAT Study Guide, Kaplan SAT 2010 (I personally like Collegeboard’s better, it had way more tests) - 2 books
-I used 2 vocab books. One was a book of most commonly used words on the SAT, the other was a vocab book that was sitting on a bookshelf in my den for quite some time. - 2 books
-math section - This is the section I was most concerned about. I used Barron’s review books for algebra 1, geometry, and algebra 2 to brush up on my math. I also used these SAT math books: Kaplan SAT Math workbook, Princeton Review Math Workout for the SAT, Barron’s Math Workbook for the SAT, Gruber’s Complete SAT Math Workbook. - 7 books
-writing section - Kaplan SAT Writing Workbook, Baron’s SAT Writing Workbook - 2 books
-critical reading section - Gruber’s Complete SAT Reading workbook, Kaplan SAT ctitical reading workbook - 2 books</p>
<p>total number of books - 15</p>
<p>The reason why I used at least two books for each section was because even if I felt that I had everything I needed to know covered, got another book just to be sure so I could master everything and do my absolute best.</p>
<p>It took about a little over a year to get through all of these.</p>
<p>extracurricular - volunteer at an animal shelter and hospital, volunteered at my church and a preschool, was involved in a club at my school that does service to the community (i really like doing volunteer work and helping people). Also I should’ve put this in my first post but anyway: I can speak romanian (learned from my mother as a child), czech (also learned from my mother as a child), took 2 years of spanish in school but can’t speak it aside from a handful of phrases that almost everyone knows, can speak german (7 years of lessons), recently started learning italian on my own through courses but still at a beginner’s level . Would this improve my chances significantly enough?</p>
<p>How i scored 2400 on the SAT:
I did ALOT of prepping on my own through a ton of books. I did not take a course because I find that learning on my own is more effective and productive. While an SAT class can be 2-3 hours long, I can do so much more in that time on my own and at my own pace. While an SAT class can be helpful to some people I did just fine without it.</p>
<p>here’s a breakdown of what i did:
-Collegeboard Oficial SAT Study Guide, Kaplan SAT 2010 (I personally like Collegeboard’s better, it had way more tests) - 2 books
-I used 2 vocab books. One was a book of most commonly used words on the SAT, the other was a vocab book that was sitting on a bookshelf in my den for quite some time. - 2 books
-math section - This is the section I was most concerned about. I used Barron’s review books for algebra 1, geometry, and algebra 2 to brush up on my math. I also used these SAT math books: Kaplan SAT Math workbook, Princeton Review Math Workout for the SAT, Barron’s Math Workbook for the SAT, Gruber’s Complete SAT Math Workbook. - 7 books
-writing section - Kaplan SAT Writing Workbook, Baron’s SAT Writing Workbook - 2 books
-critical reading section - Gruber’s Complete SAT Reading workbook, Kaplan SAT ctitical reading workbook - 2 books</p>
<p>total number of books - 15</p>
<p>The reason why I used at least two books for each section was because even if I felt that I had everything I needed to know covered, got another book just to be sure so I could master everything and do my absolute best.</p>
<p>It took about a little over a year to get through all of these.</p>
<p>Your ECs aren’t anything to write home about and your GPA is not very good. It’s hard to say what your chances are at these schools because they are not terrible difficult to get into, but you have an extraordinary split in GPA/scores so it’s very unpredictable.</p>
<p>You’re obviously intelligent if you can get such a high score on the SAT. I suggest you go to CC and kill it there, get as high of a GPA as you can, and then try to transfer. Your HS transcript will have much less weight put on it and you can attend a higher caliber school.</p>