<p>I am personally one of the unlucky people who has a terrible SAT- 1570 after 4 months of studying... and yes I will most definitely be retaking it but it will probably stay in the 1500-1600 range no doubt. </p>
<p>I have a pretty solid 3.7 gpa (which will go up when senior 2nd semester gets in to probably a 3.8 or 3.9) and really good extracurrics. </p>
<p>and I feel like my essays are strong as well. But the only thing holding me down is my SAT score. </p>
<p>I've heard lots of mixed answers... some school's consider the SAT highly and some think it doesn't really measure how well you'll do in college so they don't take it into THAT much consideration. </p>
<p>So how much do colleges really consider your SAT scores?</p>
<p>Generally, the more selective the college (lower admission rate) the higher your SAT score will have to be. Like it or not, average SAT score is used as a large part of the measuring stick for how selective a college is. How selective they are is a variable in all the ratings games (US World News, etc.). The higher a school is rated, the happier the alumni are, the happier the alumni are the more $ they donate to the school.</p>
<p>The SAT probably makes up almost half of what state schools, SUNY schools at least, use to make admissions decisions. The SAT and GPA are the two biggest factors for most state schools.</p>
<p>Most colleges consider the score to be important but not quite as important as high school grades and difficulty of courses taken. However, there are many colleges that do not require test scores, see [SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://fairtest.org/university/optional]SAT/ACT”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest).</p>