<p>If my gpa is a 3.66 UW, can that be outweighed by a 2350 SAT? Because my grandpa died the day before exams so I didn’t study for my sophomore finals. I had no obligation to. Can I explain my way out of my gpa like this?</p>
<p>There’s really no such thing as something “outweighing” the other. Colleges will not numerically contrast these two statistics and somewhat calculate the mean. It’s simply a matter of what they perceive of your situation. If they attribute your 3.66 UW GPA with laziness, seeing as your SAT score is so high, that’s bad. Or they could ascribe your GPA with the unjustly-low academics your school provides, because according to your SAT score, you are a quick and bright individual who deserves better.</p>
<p>There are no simple answers to this. The ideal way to handle this situation is just to work more diligently and look up for the future!</p>
<p>Yea I said my grandpa died.
I mean what does a death mean to people these days? Does it not matte anymore? It’s hard to take a test when your sad and unwilling to do well.</p>
<p>If you wrote that in your additional info section, it should help… but if you did have a similar gpa for Frosh, Jun., and Senior, then well… you see what I mean.
Make sure you have a strong mid year report too for senior yr (Ik it’s already passed, but w.e.)…</p>
<p>Maybe send a transcript with your grades from the finals of your soph year versus the individual semesters, so they can see what actually happened? or something similar? just a suggestion.</p>
<p>Talk with your guidance counselor about this one. If it is a one semester blip in an otherwise stellar record, he/she may feel that it is worth mentioning in his/her letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>In general, most if not all schools say that transcript/grades are more important than test scores. That said, in your case, it’s probably worth explaining you situation since most applications have a place where you can provide additional information about unusual circumstances.</p>
<p>My freshman year is bad, ( 9 B’s,2 C’s, 3 A’s) and so is first semester of soph. year (5 B’s, a D, and an A). But i’ve gotten straight A’s form then on. Junior year just clicked with me.
First semester senior year straight A’s. I felt good back then.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Then the story about the impact of your grandfather’s death is not going to explain much. It’s just going to look like you “got your act together” during your jr. year.</p>
<p>Be sure to apply to some safety schools. School do look at GPA as a sign of how hard a student will work. Only working hard for junior year is not a good sign.</p>
<p>Does it even help if I am an USABO finalist?
Or a grand award at ISEF?
Or a Intel STS semifinalist?
(science stuff)</p>
<p>No. It’s always GPA first, then SAT/ACT score second. Colleges realize that not everyone does well on the SAT/ACT and it is no true indicator of how smart you are. They just use it to compare people nationally since they can’t do that with GPA since high schools have different classes and rigor.
Low GPA and high SAT score is usually a “deadly” combination for college admissions however your GPA wouldn’t necessarily be considered low.</p>
<p>My gpa is veryyyyy low!</p>
<p>Dont use a death in the family as an excuse for bad grades. My grandma passed in august. I was very close to her. I took the sept act and got a 35. And my gpa was maintained at a 4.6. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. I just pushed myself to make my grandmother proud of me</p>
<p>Can I write about how before he died he told me, my sister, and my brother to do the best you can in school?</p>