I am a senior student in a British international school, we take international As and A levels other than AP or IB, I haven’t seen many schools mentioning their expectations about As and A-level grades, and that my As level grades didn’t turn out so well, so I want to ask that does it really matter a lot? Or A-level predicted grades or SAT, or class ranking matters more.
Thank you
US universities practice holistic review - everything matters. Predicated A-Level scores are more important than AS, but AS is still important. A strong SAT, while important, won’t offset weak academic results
They’ll use GCSE results and predicted AS/A Level results. That will form your GPA. Everything in the past 4 years “counts”. Basically they expect lots of 6s and 7s. For moderately selective universities 4s and 5s may be fine.
Then, anything with sub-25% acceptance rates will expect AAA or higher. Some state flagships may grant you credit for A level Bs and/or Cs.
Your SAT should confirm your school results but school results matter much more. At any university with a sub 25% acceptance rate you also need to be exceptional in something out of school and show some sort of in your community/school/church/temple/mosque/youth group…