Do colleges look at your entire file for high school

dufus3709
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:40:10 +0000

All of the college guides agree on this. The most important thing is to take the most challenging curriculum available (AP/IB if available at your school). The second most important thing is gpa/rank, and then comes standardized test scores. SAT and SAT II are way more important than AP scores. Although as stated above, taking AP classes (if available) is very important.

After you qualify on the academic measures, they try to find unique (NOT well rounded) individuals who show “passion”, long-term commitment, and achievement in one/two EC’s. They evaluate you at this point from your EC’s, essays, and recs. (Large public schools are more numbers driven.)

Ideally your gpa/rank matches your SAT scores. If your gpa/rank is much better than your SAT, then it appears that your high school grades easy. If your SAT is much better than your gpa/rank, then it appears that you are lazy in your classwork.