Currently I’m and a raising senior and I was look at college around my area. Rutgers New Brunswick is a school that many of my extend family attended during their college years and to me it looks like a great school. I was also looking at other school like NYU & NJIT. However I feel like the only thing that is hold me back right now is my sat score I have an 1110. I and planned to retake the sat again in late august. I feel like I have a good roaster as far as classes are concerned (Apush, AP CALC, Ap Bio, etc). And I have extracurriculars like NJOTC, Peer leadership program, national honor society, as well as society of Hispanic profession engineers. My gpa is a 4.311 weighted. (Ps my school doesn’t calculate unweighted long story. ) I’m just afraid the sat will kill my chances. Any advice…
For medium sized to big schools, the SAT and ACT are weighed more. Go on a grade calculator and figure out your unweighted GPA because a weighted GPA is different across schools. Just really focus on the SAT, maybe try the ACT if you’re willing to shell out $60 and a Saturday morning to see if you do any better. Best of luck!
thanks alot
I agree. I think it’s imperative that you retake the SAT. Having a low score will harm your chances.
My most recent practice test i scored a 1260 I hope I get something at this range during the real exam. Fingers crossed!
I found SAT scores to be more important than grades for admissions, overall. Also depends on your major. If you want to go into engineering, CS or business the SAT/ACT scores hold even more weight.
Also, if you don’t do as well as you’d like again, try the ACT.
What scores do you have on your APs that you have completed so far?
I have a 3 in apush and 4 in calculus