<p>I have a great GPA, but am planning to take my SATs this November. I am not good at English, but I am great with numbers. I know this weakness will effect my SAT scores. If I don’t get a good score will it hurt my chance for getting into a selective school like Penn. I have incredible extracurricular with a rigorous schedule.</p>
<p>Top schools will look more holistically at you, and so as long as you do decent on your SAT’s (I’m not sure how bad your ‘bad’ is) then it’s ok. Most state schools and lower private schools though have people who all have high GPA’s but low SAT’s - they look a lot more at things like SAT’s for scholarships (not admissions as much, since it’s pretty easy to get into them) since almost everyone going to those public schools or lower privates has a B+/A- GPA (I’m talking about USNEWS Rank 60+)</p>
<p>thanks, but what would you consider decent</p>
<p>If you haven’t done a run-through with one of the old SAT tests that are available through the College Board, or at your public library, you should do so. Taking a good hard look at the questions that cause you trouble will give you a better sense of how you will perform on the exam itself. While you are at it, you should check out the ACT. Some student who do badly on the SAT do much better on the ACT (and vice versa). The two exams are created by different companies and so reflect different notions of what should be tested. The colleges and universities don’t care which one you take. Not to mention that lots of colleges and universities don’t require either test for at least some of their applicants. Read all about that at [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org)</p>