So I posted a similar thread a couple months ago, but after receiving my ACT score, (22 which is unbelievably low since I was consistently getting around 25-27 on practice tests) I don’t know if it will negatively affect me even more since I already have a low SAT score.
About Me:
Filipino
Living in California
Senior in Highschool
My Academic/Extracurricular “Activities”:
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
1550 SAT (Pretty average) 490 Writing - 500 Math - 560 Reading
22 ACT (Horrible I know) Eng 23 - Math 25 - 18 Read - 22 Sci - 24 Writing
Ranked 135 (weighted GPA) & 140 (Unweighted GPA) out of 932
Memorable classes I’ve taken so far/will take:
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors World History
AP Us History
AP Stats (Senior Year)
AP Comp Sci. (Senior Year)
Extracurriculars:
Red Cross (3 years including Senior year)
Anti-Bullying Club (2 Years)
College Bound Club (1 Year)
Church classes/community service (2 years)
Library community service (Around 15 Hours)
STEM (Senior Year)
ROP for architecture drawing (Senior year)
Major: Computer Science
List of colleges I want to apply to:
University of Riverside
University of Irvine
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State San Bernardino
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal Poly Pomona
So yea see my dilemma here? My SAT and ACT scores are practically the same which pretty much bummed me out. I was hoping to do better on the ACT because like I stated earlier, I was getting a 25-27 composite consistently; I even took the June 2015 ACT (I found it online) as a last minute practice test and scored a 26.
Anyways, what are my chances of getting into the colleges stated? And should I send both my test scores or just one (which one)?
Irvine is probably something that you should consider taking off the list unfortunately. Riverside will be a reach in my opinion with that SAT score; the average SAT score is around 1800. I would consider going to a community college and transferring out if you don’t improve those test scores, or going to one of the Calstates.
I would definitely recommend retaking either the ACT or SAT, whichever you feel more strongly about. Your ACT and SAT scores currently are nearly exactly the same level, but if you think that you could get either of them up a few points (ACT-relative) that would probably increase your chances quite well.
I am confused? You have an ACT of 26 and 22 or just 22?
UCI: Reach
USUF/CPP/UCR: Low Reach/High Match
CSULA/CSUSB: Match
Since CS is impacted at most of the schools, your Math scores will be a huge problem since CS is very math heavy. CPP requires an SAT Math score of 550 or ACT of 23 for their program.
Well, first, Riverside and Irvine seem to be on opposite sides of the spectrum in terms of average scores and GPAs. Fortunately, you seem to be around the average GPA at Riverside (3.78), so that would help, but that ACT is four points under their average. I’d say it would be a much more reliable bet if you could take it up a couple of points at the least.