<p>I just want to know what's the minimum GPA and does SAT/ACT affects your application more than your GPA?</p>
<p>There is no minimum gpa.
It really is a ‘whole package’ kind of deal.
Also, you really can’t compare gpa’s between schools- rank is what matters (and don’t say your school doesn’t rank. Mine didn’t either, but my adcom still knew exactly where I stood in my class).</p>
<p>Oh Okay and Do SAT/ACT scores count more than GPA or it’s the other way around?</p>
<p>There’s no formula for deciding who gets in and who doesn’t. If you think you’re a well-rounded student who is qualified to attend Wash U, you should apply. We’re not admissions officers, and even if we were, there still isn’t a definitive answer we could give you.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, man …</p>
<p>As said upthread, I think rank matters more than GPA. Something like 98% of the class was in the Top 10% of their class, among those who went to high schools who ranked. </p>
<p>WashU’s 25th-75th percentile SAT/ACT scores are among the very highest in the country, slightly higher than their peer schools. </p>
<p>USNWR rankings include scores for % in the Top 10%, and 25/75th SAT and ACT scores.</p>
<p>So my interpretation is that if you are out of the Top 10%, rank matters the most. If you are within the Top 10%, SAT matters more than where you are within the Top 10%.</p>
<p>Rank doesn’t mean ****.
If you are 11/100 that means you are in the 11th percentile
if you are 11/750 (there are that many in my grade) you are 1 percentile.
Rank doesn’t matter at all because they aren’t even close to being comparative across schools.
GPA matters though, but not rank.</p>
<p>11/750 is 2nd percentile. :)</p>
<p>11/750 is 1.466% so…1% not 2% :P</p>
<p>That’s not how percentiles work. The top 1% is less than or equal to 1. Not 1.466 rounded down to one.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT and GPA are just parts of your application. Whether which one matters more or less makes no difference. If one is low, it doesn’t matter which one it is; it will still hurt you. Regardless, even if both are high, we still need to know the rest of your application to have a general idea of where you stand among the applicants. College admission is a holistic process, and this applies to all schools, not just WashU; stop caring about which part of it matters more. They all do.</p>
<p>If 1.46 were 1%, then 0.5 would be 0th percentile which is just silly.</p>
<p>On the other hand, 99.9 is 99th percentile on SATs and other tests, so I can see how there might be some confusion as to whether to round up or down.</p>
<p>In my opinion, schedule strength (and however that’s reflected in GPA) is Wash U’s thing. They tell you as much in the info session and I saw it reflected both ways in my own kids’ admissions results there and in others from our HS. What they want to see is that you have taken the very hardest schedule you could at your school and done well with it. Whatever that GPA and class rank turns out to be, that’s what they want to see. The absolute numbers are irrelevant because the comparison would be apples and oranges anyway. Good grades in hard classes trump test scores at Wash U (and many other top schools) any day. (Of course, that’s not to say you can have BAD test scores but anything in the mid-50% range (what is it now? 29-33?) will be fine if you have the rest of the package.</p>