SAT rank in admissions

silverflare7
Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:51:33 +0000

Well I was just admitted ED this year, but i remember talking to the admissions counselor for my region about my concerns about my GPA and a few B’s (4 all in the same subject) i had on my transcript. He didn’t seem to mind the B’s so much as long as i kept taking the course (a language) but he got really concerned when i told him about my class rank, 20th percentile, he didn’t seem to relax any when he saw that my GPA was a 4.5 and that my class is crazily competitive. So to sum it all up it seems that Davidson thinks very highly of good class ranks, so thumper this may help your daughter… hillibilie, davidson ranks sat’s as the least important thing that they look at but i don’t know how much they will hurt you. They definately realize that some people aren’t good test takers. Also take your PSAT scores with a grain of salt, while many people like myself scored the same on the real SAT as the PSAT, many other scored much higher on the real thing. I found that it really really helps to just take a few practice tests before the real thing, like one math and one verbal section a week for 5 weeks prior to the test. I did this and it ended up raising my scores 60 points (from my first SAT and my PSAT scores which were the same) ending up with a 1480. Davidson looks most highly on the high school course load so i would definately recommend taking as many AP’s and you can and as early as possible so that you can fit more into your schedule. If my experience helps any, by the time i graduate i will have 8 AP credits.