GPA: 3.568 UW 4.270 W on upward trend
SAT: 1340 (640 RW and 700 M)
Class Rank: 12th percentile in public high school class of 420
Schedule: I have taken 9 AP classes, 8 Honors, 5 Regular (Just about the hardest schedule my school allows)
ECs: 4 Years JV/Varsity Basketball
3 Years Involved in Crossfit Training
1 Year Involved in Freshman Baseball
2 Years Involved in Personal Basketball Training
2 Years Involved in Club Basketball
1 One year involved as founder/president of political discussion club
Honors: AP Scholar with Honors
4 Years on Honor Roll
International Certificate of Friendship with China through Basketball
San Diego All-Academic Team for Basketball
Varsity Basketball Rookie of the Year
German Honor Society
Multiple other athletic awards
Extra Info: Out of state applicant
Bi-Lingual (German)
First Generation College Student
Solid essay and recommendations
Applying EA as a Political Science Major
By your major I’m assuming you are applying to CLAS? If so, I think chances are good. Unweighted average is a tad low but everything else looks in order. You many want to check the CDS for Villanova to see where your standardized test scores place you amongst accepted students. They may be right there or could be on the low end. Good luck!
Same as above^ the GPA will most likely keep you out early action but so many deferred kids get in. I’m a current freshman and so many people I’ve talked to were deferred then accepted.
I think it depends on if they go by this year’s SAT scores since it was a new version. We’ve been told that this year’s SAT was considered easier with the changes, therefore test scores need to be 60-70 points higher that what is reported in stats at schools. Of course, I’m not sure if the schools know where the SAT scores will actually come in since this year’s applicants were first ones to take the new version. I’m not sure how holistic Villanova is when it comes to looking at all aspects of students. Maybe someone else can comment. Good luck!!!
Probably at least half of last year’s applicants took the New test.
The problem with reported data lies with the fact that the originally predicted lower percentiles for higher scores for the New SAT turned out to be wrong. The College Board released actual percentiles for the Class of 2017 in September which were higher than the ones predicted in 2016. However, I don’t know whether college admissions offices are aware of this change, er, admission by College Board, which casts doubt on the 2016 tables converting new and old scores.
It’s important to be aware that the coming Common Data Sets, not yet published, for last year’s admissions data may contain artificially inflated SAT scores, because the form requires that Old SAT scores (maybe half the applicants last season?) be converted (the 60-70 pts higher that @Andi75 refers to) and then mixed in with New ones. What a mess. It seems that for most colleges, accurate middle 50 data is a year away.