<p>So Im a junior in high school right now, planning to major in finance and international business, hope to go somewhere like Indiana, Bentley, Rutgers. Sadly, my GPA is (3.3 (B) out of a 4.6 scale) lower than some of the schools that i am looking at but my resume and extracurricular activities and leadership and test scores and my overall character far out weigh my overall GPA. I just took the June SAT and hopefully got a 2100-2200.</p>
<p>Overall, can a average GPA be overpowered by other strong credentials? </p>
<p>short answer, yes, as long as you aren’t shooting for the ivies</p>
<p>You will have trouble with the top-tier schools; however, if you SAT turns out to be 2100-2200, that will help you tremendously with many other universities.</p>
<p>Im looking at schools such as Rutgers, Bentley, Indiana, Lehigh, Miami University (OH), UMass-Amherst, Bucknell </p>
<p>I have over 600 hours of community service
work 3 jobs
Captain 2 teams
President of 2 Clubs
Vice President of 1 Club </p>
<p>What state do you live in? Your prospects at Rutgers, U-Mass, Indiana, and possibly Miami-OH will depend on whether you are a resident or not. Huge public universities do not pay a whole lot of attention to non-athletic extra-curricular activities unless they’re truly astonishing, furthermore. You haven’t indicated that you might be recruited to play at these colleges, and so your sports will only appear as evidence that you’re well-rounded and do more than study all the time. Wait for your actual test results; no college has ever decided on the basis of expected SAT scores. Is your GPA weighted? Did you take the “most demanding available” courseload? Some posted admissions figures for big universities can be quite misleading, since they don’t break the numbers down for in-state vs. out-of-state or by separate colleges and divisions. My older son got into Rutgers Arts & Sciences with deplorable grades and respectable scores. He could not have gotten in from out-of-state. He could not have gotten into the Engineering or Pharmacy Schools, and was rejected by the fiercely competitive Mason Gross School of the Arts. My younger son got into the UCs in Davis and San Diego, but would never have gotten into their most competitive programs. </p>
<p>"Overall, can a average GPA be overpowered by other strong credentials? "</p>
<p>Yes. </p>