Chance me for Tufts, Barnard, Northwestern, Pitzer (4.3 GPA, 1380 SAT, CO resident) [3.95 unweighted GPA, <$20k, environmental science or geology]

Yes, but standardized test scores are not an important factor at Scripps - “considered” but not “important” according to their common data set.

In addition, only 26% of the accepted applicants even submitted SAT scores, so she’s below the 25th %ile only of the 26% who submitted. Furthermore, only 17% submitted ACT scores. Assuming some overlap between the 2 groups for applicants who submitted scores from both tests, we can derive from this that more than 60% of the successful applicants submitted no test scores whatsoever.

IMO, her 1380 strengthens her application. It is a very strong score, equivalent to the 96th%ile. It’s only slightly off from the 1430, which is the lower end of the middle 50% for those did submit and were accepted. 1430 = 98th%ile. Those who didn’t submit leave the Admissions committee to speculate that they might have gotten 1180 . . . or lower. By submitting her 1380, she showed that she’s very close to their elite test taking group, and that they have nothing to worry about in that regard. They can then go on to review the rest of her application without concern. She was in the top 4% of all students who took that test. For a school that doesn’t even think standardized test scores are important, this is not a negative.

What is important is her 3.95 gpa and the rest of what she’s done. Scripps considers the combination of gpa and rigor to be “very important”. She has these in spades. What’s more is that Scripps accepted 1/3 of their applicants last year, meaning that they’re not overwhelmed with applications. It’s not a school where it’s impossible for a qualified candidate to gain admission. I would her to be accepted at Scripps.