130 points better on the SAT

Pat2323
Fri, 25 May 2007 01:12:36 +0000

What you have to understand is that the type of schools you are applying to look at two things first-- SAT and GPA-- then they look at everything else. And the SAT is usually considered more important that GPA. These are just facts.

That said, here are the 25th-75th percentile SATS at the schools you want (on a 1600 scale) along with % of freshmen in the top 10% of their high school class:

Pitt-- 1130-1330 45%
Delaware-- 1110-1300 37%
Rutgers-- 1110-1320 36%
PSU-- 1100-1300 40%
UMass-- 1030-1250 19%
IU-- 990-1230 25%

Your 1610 on a 1600 scale would be a 1073.333. So you would be in the bottom 25% at most of these schools. I am not saying this to discourage you from applying to any of these places. I am just giving you the stats. You have a great GPA (although you still are not in the top 10%) and ECs. So here would be my guess as to your chances:

IU- safety
UMass- safety
PSU- match
Rutgers- match
UDel- match/slight reach
Pitt- slight reach