Hello!
I’m wondering if anyone could give me an idea about how much scholarship money I should be getting with my test scores assuming I get accepted to Rutgers.
(I am in-state)
First ACT: 31
Second ACT: 32
SAT (New): 1460/1600 (I honestly didn’t really prepare for this test, and I’m not even considering sending it in)
SAT Math II: 780
And not to make an excuse for myself even though it probably sounds like one and could even be one, but I don’t really study for standardized tests. I don’t believe in taking classes for them and I prepared (at most) a week in advance for all the tests I’ve taken, but that’s my procrastinating self’s fault.
GPA (weighted): 100 (I don’t believe my school even sends unweighted but its like a 96 or 97 I think)
School doesn’t have class ranking (there’s only 26 of us)
I’ve heard they don’t really consider coursework but I’ll list it anyways:
APs: Lang & Comp, Chem, APUSH, Calc BC, Physics C, Lit & Comp
(AP tests: Lang-5; Chem-4; APUSH-4; Calc BC-5, AB subscore- 5)
I’ve also only ever taken Honors classes (unless there was no option of honors i.e. art classes)
Other creds which I don’t think would be considered:
-senior class VP
-honor societies: National, English, Math, Science, Spanish, Social Studies
-swim team all 4 years
-started science Olympiad club in sophomore year, also captain of science Olympiad team (have won medals and the team got 3rd place regionally our first year and second place our second year)
-I attend a selective school that takes only 26 people from the county a year (math, sci, and engineering program)
-have completed 80 hrs (so far) of a 100-hr internship with an architecture firm (the internship is a graduation req for my program)
-volunteer at a hospital for the past 2 summers and racked up 150+ hrs
Anyways, is it true that Rutgers actually only considers test scores and GPA for scholarships (even though on their website they state they take a more holistic view)?
Also, does anyone know if they’ll take scores of tests posts application into consideration? Because I can’t take anymore tests to be sent in with my application (there aren’t any more test dates before Dec 1)
One last thing, I plan to apply for the school of engineering and hopefully get admitted into the Honors College if that makes any difference.
Thank you in advance!