high GPA, low test scores

ohsnapitskira
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:21 +0000

It seems unlikely that class rank could be the thing they think of as most important. There are many high schools that don’t rank their students. My daughter’s high school doesn’t rank, and she’s a sophomore at Rice.



I co-sign that. If you look at the stats, a good number of admitted students come from schools that don’t rank (see [Rice University | Prospective Students](http://www.futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/Admission_Statistics.asp?SnID=2)).

Anyway, I definitely wouldn’t say that you have no chance of getting in at all. If you see that link that I just posted, you’ll see that they DO admit some students with low test scores. This is probably because those applicants sent in applications that were only weak in test scores.
If I were you, I’d look into investing into an SAT/ACT prep course, take the test again in the fall as a senior, and then send in the better score. At least that’s what I did.

If you’re going to take it in the spring, buy an SAT/ACT book to study and see if you can increase your score.