Chance me? 3.9

collegemom16
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:31:11 +0000

I agree Peppers. GPA alone is just not enough. What you don’t know about the boy I told you about above is:
What were his SAT1/ACT scores?
What were his EC’s?
Did he have any other extenuating circumstances that would be considered in a holistic review?

I’ve met kids who had 4.2 GPA’s and SAT scores below 1800.
I’ve met kids who had 4.2 GPA’s and took 5 AP’s in which they never scored over a 3.
I’ve met kids who had 4.2 GPA’s and scored below 500 on SAT 11 subject tests.
I’ve also met kids who had 3.4 GPA’s and had 2200 SAT scores and 700+ on SAT2 subject tests.

I also don’t believe that any of that information tells me that a student worked really hard or that a student was really lazy. Differences in the ways highschools grade is vast.