I was wondering what schools place the most weight on SAT scores. (I have a good SAT but a bad GPA). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
<p>well first of all, what schools are you looking at? What are you interested in studying?</p>
<p>im looking at state/land grant universities, and im going to double major in history and psychology, and then get a JD or MD</p>
<p>what are your scores? i can suggest some schools if you tell me</p>
<p>Im in the IB program and junior and senior year have taken only IB/AP courses, and sophomore yr I took 3 AP courses, 2 pre-IB and 1 honors, freshman year I took 4 pre-IB and 2 honors. My GPA is 3.85 on a 5.0 scale, 2.85 unweighted, but as I said, I've taken 15 IB/AP courses, 6 pre-IB's and 3 honors. I have an upward trajectory (every semester my GPA has risen). And my SAT is 1460. How does U-Vermont, U-New Hampshire, U-Conn, U-Montana, U-Oregon, U-Colorado, or Colorado State look with these stats? could I get in?</p>
<p>anybody think w/ my stats I could get into those schools?</p>
<p>Since you program is so rigourous and grades are upward trend you should do fine. The good SAT just confirms.</p>
<p>not that you would apply there, but my friend had a horrendously low GPA (was even kept back a year) but he had a terrific SAT score and he ended up at a prestigious university, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. lol. apparently they dont use gpa for admissions but only SAT scores...so he had like a 2 gpa and a 1500 SAT and he got in.</p>
<p>Whoo, thanks bettina, maybe I am just paranoid, but I really want to go to U-Colorado or U-Vermont and was worried that I wouldnt get in.</p>
<p>You are going to get into most of the schools on your list.</p>
<p>yessssssssssss</p>
<p>Yes and you could prob have a lot of other choices too, in more selective schools.</p>
<p>yeah since you have northeastern schools on your list definitely put in an application to NYU-- your SAT is fine for NYU and your gpa is going in an upward trend. . the schools that you mentioned are very good, but you could probably do better.</p>
<p>ok, thanks. also I was wondering if it would help my resume if I wrote down the fact that I skipped a grade.</p>
<p>also, I was wondering for my friend who is a junior if he has to take the new SAT because he got a 1520 on the old SAT this year, and wants to keep this score for apps next year.</p>
<p>Depends if your friend is applying to universities that will accept both the new SAT or the old SAT. Tell him to search around on their websites, most of them will have information pertaining to this topic.</p>
<p>I hope your friend has taken the SATII Writing already. For some universities, it's a catch-22 situation. They say that for 2006 applicants, they will accept either SATI...but Writing is required...even though these universities don't normally require SATII.</p>
<p>PrincetonReview published a list of "Who Wants What Test" -<a href="http://testprep.princetonreview.com/documents/WhoWantsWhatTest.pdf">http://testprep.princetonreview.com/documents/WhoWantsWhatTest.pdf</a>
Beware that this information is dated (and not entirely correct), so be sure to verify with the admissions office of your schools.</p>
<p>I believe NYU is a reach for you. They are getting very selective lately. I know students who got rejected last year with similar SAT scores as yours. However, I agree with Bettina that you probably have a shot at more selective schools than those on your list. Are you in the full IB diploma program?</p>
<p>yes im in the full IB diploma program. bump about me having skipped a grade.</p>
<p>Then you should have a predicted score for your IB exam. If you get around 40, you are in range for many most selective colleges. A high IB score can more than compensate for your GPA.</p>
<p>do colleges use AP exam scores for anything other than course placement (like do any use them for admissions?)</p>