Low GPA and high SAT score

MemeMan666
Thu, 25 May 2017 00:55:41 +0000

The schools you listed were all public, and public schools tend to be very GPA focused. I would suggest you look more at privates as well. At many privates, test scores above the 75th percentile can bridge the gap for a low GPA.

I have a friend who is actually and extreme example of this, he had a 2.9 UW/3.3 W and 33 ACT. He will be attending American University this fall whereas the other kids at my school with similar GPAs and 50th percentile SAT scores couldn’t get into anything above a 2nd/3rd tier state school (not our state flagship) or a small, mediocre private school.

To chance you on the schools you asked about, assuming you’re OOS and have a 1500 SAT:
UGA - match
Penn State - high safety
Ga Tech - high match/low reach
Clemson - match
UCLA - high reach

If you can’t pay the sticker price as well, I advise you to look more into privates, because state schools can be prohibitively expensive as they offer little financial aid to OOS students.