<p>What are my chances?
All honors classes throughout high school.
1590 SAT.
89.4 GPA, or a 3.5ish
3 AP Courses, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Physics B
Yearbook Staff
Key Club
Do Something Club
Student Council
College Prep Incentive Program
I live in NJ.</p>
<p>I hate GPAs on a percentage scale… I always tend to overestimate GPAs given as a percentage (a 89.4 isn’t 3.5 but 3.74 to me) but I don’t think it matters that much. Rutgers tends to admit loads of in-staters with that kind of credentials but this is about where they start.</p>
<p>Rutgers SAS: Low match</p>
<p>What do you mean by low match?</p>
<p>closer to a safety than a regular match</p>
<p>so should I be worried about not getting in…?</p>
<p>That SAT is out of 2400, correct? If so, that could keep you out.</p>
<p>The 25th-75th percentile range SAT score for School of Arts and Sciences at New Brunswick is 1710-2010. You are well below the 25th percentile. The GPA range on a 4.5 weighted scale is 3.5-4.0, so yours is on the low end.</p>
<p><a href=“http://admissions.rutgers.edu/Academics/AdmissionsProfile.aspx[/url]”>http://admissions.rutgers.edu/Academics/AdmissionsProfile.aspx</a></p>
<p>Being in-state helps but I would still call Rutgers a reach with that SAT.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would try to apply for either the Newark or Camden campus and then transfer after one year.</p>
<p>reach: acceptance unlikely
match: good, medium chance
safety: very likely to get in</p>
<p>so the scale goes (from easy to hard):
safety
low match
match
high match
low reach
high reach</p>
<p>the one thing that stands out to me is your SAT. you probably should retake that</p>
<p>I thought that even reaching the 25% bar didn’t make Rutgers a high match if one was an in-stater…</p>
<p>If it was on the 1600 scale, then Rutgers will really be a safety. On the 2400 scale, then I could say that Rutgers is a high match. Not a low match as previously claimed.</p>
<p>His SAT is well below the 25th percentile. I agree that Rutgers probably favors in-state applicants, but not to the point where a 1590 SAT and decent grades would make the OP a match or even high match. I would still call it a reach.</p>
<p>I would advise that the OP either retake the SAT if possible or apply to one of the other campuses and try to transfer in.</p>
<p>I know people from my school that have gotten acceptance into Rutgers with a 1590 while taking 0 APs. I’m hoping to get in. </p>
<p>I think my essay was one of the strongest points in the app. Do they take that into account?</p>
<p>The essay was perhaps what got the people at your school into Rutgers AP-free with a 1590 (2400 scale)… so I assume that for people on the fence, the essay will hold more weight.</p>
<p>As far as Rutgers SAS/SEBS/MG is concerned, reaching the 25% bar will make any of these 3 units a low match for in-staters, while it becomes a high match for OOS.</p>
<p>Yes because I know people that only took honors classes starting in their junior year and only one AP with a 1590 and have gotten in. I’ve taken three, and all honor classes. So i’m hoping that they hold that as a factor into the review of my application. I have also heard that for in state a 1550 is the minimum score that they will accept. They don’t go by their website much.</p>
<p>you’re in. i live two feet from rutgers and if you live in nj and aren’t a blatant fool you’ll be accepted easily.</p>
<p>You’re saying that blatant fools don’t score 1550 (2400 scale) on the SAT? That guy said that 1550 was the in-stater safety line for Rutgers SAS/SEBS/MG.</p>
<p>I’ll put the low match rating back.</p>