<p>Does anyone have an idea what is the minimum SAT and GPA for Scholars?</p>
<p>The Scholars program will tell you that there is none. “It depends on extracurriculars and the overall application. They don’t have any set number they look for in SAT or GPA.”, which is from D2 who is a CP Scholar Ambassador, and does panel discussions and q and a with prospective students. She has talked with the people who make the decisions and says, honest, they don’t have specific numbers.</p>
<p>If you look at the kinds of programs that Scholars encompasses, it’s most likely going to be people who did apply themselves, who probably did get mostly A’s in school, and who probably did 650+ on the SATs. However, within the programs, you will find people who don’t have those credentials but who may have had some significant extracurricular or community service that they did. It’s going to be filled with people who have broader interests, and probably are those people who were involved in a ton of (meaningful) ECs in high school. (not just the ones to look good on the resume). The Scholars programs are multi-disciplinary (D is in Environment, Technology and the Economy). She is an Environmental Science/Policy major (hasn’t picked her focus area yet until after soph year), but there are people who are all kinds of majors and backgrounds who are in that program because they are interested in it. Same for the other programs. </p>
<p>Some people see Scholars as a “step down” from Honors. However, having 2 kids, one in each program, I don’t think that’s the case at all. When I read the descriptions of the program D2 is in for Scholars (ETE), it couldn’t describe her interests any closer. While it is an outstanding program for her, I couldn’t see older D having been satisfied with many of the different programs. She’s more on her own, enjoyed the honors seminars, but is much more focused on what she wants to do. </p>
<p>I doubt if this helps, but it’s a great program!</p>
<p>I can’t find it, but they use to publish the parameters of the gpa and SAT for the students. I believe it was somewhere from 3.8 w+ and @1300+ for SAT.</p>
<p>As astro stated it is not easy to say, because they look at the WHOLE STUDENT. You can have a lower gpa, but will be accepted because you took every AP/IB available with a higher SAT to offset the gpa. The same is true for having the high gpa, but a lower SAT. The thing that is common is that most of them have taken the absolutely most rigorous courses that the school offers. If you have very few APs, 1 or 2 and a 1200 SAT, it is highly unlikely, because Scholars, Gemstone and Honors do not take into account if you are IS or OOS, like they do for admissions. Thus, being IS gives you no edge, and conversely being OOS will not hurt you. Actually, it may be who my son hangs with, but I would say out of his scholars group it is probably 50-60% OOS. Remember for OOS students from states like NJ they typically need a much higher GPA and SAT to be admitted than the IS student, thus when it comes down to LEPs, they will rank higher since residency is not an issue.</p>
<p>I also agree people will view Scholars as the lowest, however, the beauty of the program is that the classes are really tailored to your program. Our DS is Govt. Also, they have a closer relationship with their advisors, then the typical student. They meet them about 4 times a yr, or in other words every other month, and the advisor only has about 60 kids, instead of 100s.</p>