Illinois chance with low GPA - high ACT?

Anonagron
Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:41:36 +0000

Talk with an admissions officer before you read too much into your gradepoint. There are different perspectives on this issue. Colleges realize that there are major differences between expectation standards of high schools. That is why they also look closely at standardized test scores, as these scores give a country-wide standardized comparison of students’ academic strengths and weaknesses. They also realize that students may have had a rough start to adapting to the expectations of high school. Your high ACT scores certainly indicate that you have the potential to do very well regardless of your high school grades. I’m not saying grades are not important and something that admissions won’t look at, but other factors play into their decisions.

You won’t know until you try, so GO FOR IT!