The Official "My SAT/ACT Scores Outweigh My Kinda Low GPA" Chance Thread

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I guess we can start with me</p>

<p>Trinity College, Vassar, Vanderbilt, Grinnell, Colgate, Claremont Mckenna, Scripps</p>

<p>I am a junior in high school. Lets start with the good: My first SAT was a 2100 (800 math, 630 verbal) but my second one will most likely be above 2200 (Ive greatly improved my critical reading scores to 740+). My PSAT score was 223 which means almost definitely a national merit scholarship. Im also an excellent essay writer, and have had to endure my share of challenges, so essays can be very good. Ive done countless hours of volunteer work through church mission trips and boy scouts. I am currently working in a CPAs office doing basic accounting, and the CPA is lending me out to lawyers to do work for them (who are all willing to write great recs. One is the number 2 divorce lawyer in all of houston) Im also a soccer letterman so playing soccer at a division II or III schools is an option.
The bad: The only bad is my grades (lots of Bs). Im taking ALL AP/IB classes (and the hardest AP/IB classes and am an IB Diploma candidate). I will probably not be in the top 10% at my school, but definitely the top 15% (of a class of 1000+), my GPA is probably around 3.2-3.3ish unweighted, but 4.2ish weighted (rigor is MOST rigorous). Do you think i can get into those kinda schools if i make straight As my first semester senior year? If not do you have suggestions for matches? Im planning on majoring in Economics/Mathematics and then getting an MBA.</p>

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<p>I have a 90/100 GPA (kinda low), but i got a 2320 on my SATs. I guess that counts?</p>

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<p>And that GPA is UW. My weighted is a 103/100, but my school only uses weighted for class rank.</p>

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<p>I guess I count…at the end of first semester this year, my UW GPA was 3.73 and my SAT is 2220. I think my GPA will go up at the end of this semester, but still…</p>

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<p>My GPA is a 3.6ish and my SAT is a 2250. I’d rather have the scores switched (and adjusted).</p>

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<p>Hmmm I think the elite top level schools might give a little more weight to your SAT score (I’m thinking Harvard, yale, Penn, etc) while other top schools (Vassar, Vanderbilt, etc) will probably give your GPA some more credence
just a personal opinion…any thoughts ppl? :P</p>

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<p>I’m not sure where you’re getting that impression. If anything, top schools emphasize test scores less because many are qualified in that respect.</p>

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<p>3.3 GPA with 2100 SAT (At-home practice test)</p>

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<p>2400 (superscore) with a 3.70 UW :<</p>