SAT and GPA for Scholars

bulletandpima
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:12 +0000

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.

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.

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.