Ever wonder whether colleges will decide your fate based solely on your test scores? “The Dean” provides an answer.
https://www.collegeconfidential.com/articles/can-i-apply-to-college-with-good-sat-scores-but-no-gpa/
Some colleges may (assuming that grades / GPA for specified high school college prep courses are C / 2.00 or higher).
For example, https://admission.asu.edu/freshman/apply says that Arizona State will admit frosh who complete the specified high school courses and have one of the following:
- top 25% in high school graduating class
- 3.00 GPA in competency courses (4.00 = "A")
- ACT: 22 (24 nonresidents)
- SAT: 1120 (1180 nonresidents)
However, some majors may have higher requirements.
I’ve never heard of a GPA optional school, but some may weight your scores more heavily. It depends how large the disparity is. A student with a 2.9 and a 1500 may be too high risk for some schools (they want to be sure the student can manage a college workload), but someone with, say, a 3.3 (and with an upward trending track record) and a 1500 might have a shot.
But any student whose scores are significantly higher than the GPA would predict should consider being tested for a learning disability, unless he/she is just a smart flake.
Community college.
UL Lafayette has a low GPA requirement, and they give lots of scholarships. You should look into them. 1130SAT and 2.0 GPA is gurenteed
University of Mississippi admits Mississippi residents with a 2.00 HS GPA and 18 ACT or 970 SAT.
http://admissions.olemiss.edu/apply/freshman/
Lehigh ranks test scores more heavily than GPA last time I checked. Plenty of kids I know with Ivy level test scores and 3.6w high school GPAs.