<p>I don’t think it’s logical to deduce from the fact that some 5 or so people from an unnamed Highschool have odd college experiences. You cannot attribute the results from 5 profiles to the entirety of the Highschool population. It’s improbable for a situation as thus to occur with all highschool students.</p>
<p>The schools that you named are very prestigious and I believe that you must have a good GPA AND a good SAT score to be considered for them, it’s not one or the other. And as far as a 95 average goes, that is not “low” by any means.</p>
<p>You’d probably have to conduct a pretty extensive survey to get any “real” results.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>@ Thispakistanigir</p>
<p>95 isn’t low? Lots of guys here are saying 95 blows massive balls.</p>
<p>I mean it isn’t so low that colleges wouldn’t consider your profile at all. With adequate EC’s, essays, test scores, ect. college choices are still very much open to you. I mean once you dip below the 91 range, I guess you’re in deep water, but I think that your GPA isn’t terribly low. Your SAT’s were excellent though. However, I’ve never experienced anything as such in my school. Here ususally the 4.0’s and 2350’s get into Ivies, 3.8’s and 2050’s go to UVA, and the 3.5’s and >1700’s get into some small state school. It’s pretty normal in my HS:)</p>
<p>Heh, my school is all messed up.</p>
<p>It’s usually the guys with low GPA who get into prestigious colleges.
High GPA students normally get low SAT, then later go to state colleges.</p>
<p>Intuitively, Standardized Testing is more important because… well its Standardize. That means no matter if you are taking it in Alaska, Montana, New York, or Maine, its the same test. SAT and ACT are the Apex of meritocracy.</p>
<p>Now consider GPA. Those very students in Alaska, Montana, New York, or Maine have wildly different (and often inflated) GPA that are uncomparable. Futhermore, GPA does not account for the difficulty discrepancies between Private schools and Public schools.</p>
<p>Did anyone from your school get into a top 10 school?</p>
<p>I never knew someone with an 82 Gpa, but a 2140 SAT could into Boston College. Strange…</p>
<p>Top 10 school? Like stuyvesant or bronx science?</p>
<p>No lol. I meant a top 10 college.</p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re from New York, did you take the regents exams?</p>
<p>Are top colleges famous for rejecting NY applicants who got below 90 on the Regents Exams?</p>
<p>^No. The only schools in N.Y. that consider Regents exam scores are Suny’s and Cuny’s. Other then that, they’re usually just posted as your final grades in a class.</p>
<p>A lot of people applied to top schools. None got in so far.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I would agree with this…</p>
<p>I don’t know if Cornell counts as a college that the OP is referring to, but I personally know a kid who had a 2300 SAT but a very low GPA (5-5.5ish on a 7.0 scale, probably a 3.0-3.4ish on normal scale?). Flat out rejected ED. Granted, a 2300 isn’t a 2400 (obviously), but it’s still within the top 1% of the nation. I don’t think a high SAT score can make up for a low GPA. And there are a multitude of other factors that colleges consider that aren’t scores or grades.</p>
<p>“A lot of people applied to top schools. None got in so far.”</p>
<p>Wesleyan and Boston College are top schools</p>
<p>Sorry, I thought you meant Ivy Leagues.
But if you mean all colleges that are in the top 30, I guess only the students with 2100+ got in.</p>
<p>Could you post your SAT 2 scores? They are also important during the admission process.</p>
<p>Math IIC - 800
Biology - 660</p>
<p>Don’t know how the others did.</p>
<p>Have you yourself applied to any of the Ivy’s?</p>
<p>SAT and ACT are the Apex of meritocracy</p>
<p>LOL forever.</p>
<p>GPA and SAT score are both important. Which one is “more important” will probably depend largely on the school that you’re applying to.</p>
<p>^ I would definitely agree with that. While many uni’s consider GPA more important, some select schools wigh admissions on test scores.</p>
<p>You can’t definitively say that one is more “important” than the other.</p>