I have all honors and dual enrolled classes. The only B I’ve ever gotten was in a 6 week College Algebra class. (I’m really proud of that B. lol) So my gpa is a 3.96 unweighted and a 4.71 core academic weighted.
But I don’t test well. I actually get accommodations at my dual enrolled college because of it. My SAT is just a 1290. And that’s after 3 attempts (I started at 1140).
Do scholarship committees generally look at scores, gpa, EC, community service, everything? Seems like you’re out of luck if you don’t have high scores.
I’m guessing that writing the committee and explaining my testing issues isn’t really a good idea. I have nothing to add to what they already see and I think it would just come off as “making excuses.”
Like my name says, I’m going to UCF. But I wondered what the norm is everywhere too.
Google Common Data Set and look at section C7 to see what weight different items get for admission. It varies by school. Section C9 will allow you to see how your traits measure up to other students who applied in the past.
Thanks! That does have a lot of info. I’m already accepted though, so C7 I knew. C9 is based on old SAT scores. So it’s hard to figure out how you compare (yes, I’ve looked at charts). I guess my question is, do committees give different weight to components for admission vs. scholarships.
Although most colleges practice holistic admissions, academics (including GPA, course rigor, standardized testing) remain an important part of the college admission process. That said, there are many excellent test optional colleges which someone like yourself who has standardized testing that does not reflect his/her HS record of academic achievement could consider. https://www.fairtest.org/university/optional/state