National Merit Scholars

wemel
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:02:01 +0000

It also depends on how prepared you are for college. My S’s friend made a 4.0 as an engineering major but he came from a competitive HS and was on the high end on the SAT and ACT. He didn’t study 24/7. It actually was fairly easy for him.

I firmly believe that you need to go to a school (if you care about high grades) where you are on the upper end of standardized test scores. If you are mid-range then be prepared to have mid-range grades (unless you study 24.7). If you come from a competitive and challenging HS where you learned good study habits and had to apply yourself, I really don’t think you would have a problem.