<p>Student A:
3.9 GPA
2100 SAT</p>
<p>Student B:
3.7 GPA
2300 SAT</p>
<p>Student C:
4.0 GPA
2000 SAT</p>
<p>Student D:
3.8
2200 SAT</p>
<p>All four take rigorous schedules, pretty much equal in difficulty EXCEPT for student C whose schedule is noticeably easier (ex. all honors but no APs).</p>
<p>Minus extacurriculars, essays, etc, this mirrors four students in my school.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>Student D is the strongest.</p>
<p>Sorry but I wouldn’t be able to answer unless I knew ranks.</p>
<p>^true, please provide class ranks. For now, student D looks the most balanced and I would pick him as the strongest candidate.</p>
<p>Actually I’d say student B. He/she might have a slightly lower GPA but the +100 SAT score looks promising.</p>
<p>I’d go with student A</p>
<p>^ I have gotten one question wrong in the Math part of the SAT and the result was a score of 770. That is: one minor mistake, and I was minus 30. I don’t think an 100 points difference shows that a student is much more promising than another. My opinion.</p>
<p>With the current given data, I’d stick to D.</p>
<p>I’d say B or D</p>
<p>If they are applying to a school that is not very selective, I would say they would all get in. In the case of a more selective (but not elite) school, at those levels it would come down to the recs, essays, ecs, etc. At a top school, they would need something really great to get in, so again, no real advantage to any of them.</p>
<p>To the people wondering about ranking:
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<p>I’d eliminate student C right off the bat due to lack of APs and a lower SAT score. I would probably pick student D although students A and B look promising as well. At that level, other factors come into play much more.</p>
<p>D student would be strongest</p>
<p>Assume no class rank/difference in ethnicity as well!</p>
<p>So, would a 3.6 student at this school have a 2400 on the SAT?</p>
<p>Anyway, I’d say D or B, provided we’re talking about the same application with the stats swapped out.</p>