SAT as most important factor?

Applying to College
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<p>My boyfriend had unfortunate luck with the college admissions process, and unfortunately did not get in anywhere he applied. He has good SATs (around 2200s I believe) but primarily Cs in honors and A.P. classes. </p>

<p>Does anyone know any colleges that prioritize SAT and test scores over grades in classes, to help him out with his re-applications next year?</p>

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<p>He should try the community college route and transfer later. I’ve seen quite a few former cc students attended our flagship state u. Let’s be honest about this, given his grade, a gap year probably is not in his best interest.</p>

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<p>collegeboard.com gives you this info.</p>

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<p>Some schools publish their Common Data Set or CDS; Google can usually find them. Check section C7 for the importance of various factors (e.g., Academic GPA and Standardized Test Scores). Section C9 gives a profile of the last enrolling class. As an example see [Reed</a> College 2007-08 Common Data Set SecC](<a href=“http://web.reed.edu/ir/cds/cds0708/cdssecc200708.html]Reed”>Reed College 2007-08 Common Data Set SecC - Institutional Research - Reed College). In this case you can see that Reed places more importance on GPA than SAT, but hopefully you can find schools with the opposite emphasis (but I think they’ll be hard to find). Community college may indeed be the best route.</p>

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<p>What was the easiest college to get into (as he estimated it) that he applied to?</p>

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<p>clark–rejected.</p>

<p>the only schools he got waitlisted at were lehigh and university of richmond, one of which he had legacy.</p>

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<p>I don’t think any school would make that trade-off unless there were a significant reason for the poor grades.</p>

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<p>In this day and age, most high school students are expected to get mostly grades of A, but I would encourage the applicant to keep applying to colleges still accepting applications. Maybe starting this fall somewhere that will let him in and then getting better grades will allow a successful transfer application later.</p>

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<p>He can still apply and get in this year. Here is a list of schools with late deadlines or rolling admissions</p>

<p>[USNews.com:</a> America’s Best Colleges 2008: Getting a late start? All is not lost](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/Getting_a_late_start_free.php]USNews.com:”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/Getting_a_late_start_free.php)</p>

<p>Use [College</a> Search - SAT Registration - College Admissions - Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com%5DCollege”>http://www.collegeboard.com) to search for 4 year colleges, plug in his SAT and look for schools where at least 25% of the students have GPA’s below 3.0</p>

<p>Here are some notable schools that come up that seem to still be available</p>

<p>Birmingham-Southern College (US News Liberal Arts #75, [url=<a href=“http://www.ctcl.com/]Colleges”>http://www.ctcl.com/]Colleges</a> That Change Lives<a href=“CTCL”>/url</a>)
Eckerd College (CTCL)
Evergreen State College (97% admit rate, CTCL)
Fisk University (US News Liberal Arts #118)
Lynchburg College (CTCL)
Ohio Wesleyan (US News Liberal Arts #97)
University of the Ozarks (I thought this used to be on US News Top Liberal Arts, it isn’t anymore)</p>