<p>Are there any schools that care more about SAT scores than class rank?</p>
<p>Many large publics will allow someone with a high SAT/ACT to enter with lower class rank, hoping the student will start to achieve to their potential. Most top schools will not be willing to take that chance with so many high achieving students applying</p>
<p>Washington University-St. Louis
probably lots of others.
Also depends on the disparity between the two.</p>
<p>Many privates will have a very holistic approach to their student body selection and not be overly influenced by the statistics. Given this, many privates with outstanding student bodies will sometimes have a surprisingly low level of Top 10% students when compared to similar level colleges. </p>
<p>For example, in the list below of Top 50 private national unis, there are several that seem out of synch between their SAT score (Mid-pt of 25/75 range) and their Top 10% students. For me, Stanford, U Chicago, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Rensselaer, Tulane, and Wake Forest stood out. </p>
<p>SAT 25/75 Mid-point , Top 10% students , Private National University</p>
<p>1515 , 97% , Caltech
1490 , 97% , Yale
1485 , 95% , Harvard
1485 , 97% , Princeton
1470 , 97% , MIT
1465 , 86% , U Chicago
1460 , 96% , Wash U
1455 , 94% , Columbia
1445 , 85% , Northwestern
1440 , 90% , Duke
1440 , 90% , Dartmouth
1435 , 92% , Stanford
1430 , 93% , Brown
1425 , 99% , U Penn
1425 , 85% , Rice
1420 , 85% , Tufts
1415 , 84% , Vanderbilt
1410 , 87% , Notre Dame
1405 , 88% , Emory
1400 , 84% , Johns Hopkins
1400 , 88% , Cornell
1400 , 93% , Georgetown
1395 , 73% , Carnegie Mellon
1370 , 87% , USC
1370 , 82% , Brandeis
1345 , 68% , NYU
1340 , 80% , Boston College
1335 , 64% , Rensselaer
1335 , 59% , Tulane
1325 , 75% , U Rochester
1320 , 64% , Wake Forest
1315 , 93% , Lehigh
1310 , 63% , Case Western</p>
<p>Now look at the same data for Top 50 publics. Politicians/academic administrators in some states are completely in thrall to student selection via scores and class rank. But not all and some, like William & Mary, will employ an approach very similar to the privates. But the publics get a lot of applicants and this also dictates somewhat what minimum statistical bar one must reach. You’re got some that post very high numbers relative to their standardized tests (all of the UCs, U Michigan, U Virginia, U Washington) and some surprise on the low side (W&M, Ga Tech, U Illinois, U Wisconsin, and especially Penn State). </p>
<p>SAT 25/75 Mid-point , Top 10% students , State University</p>
<p>1345 , 79% , WILLIAM & MARY
1340 , 98% , UC BERKELEY
1335 , 64% , GEORGIA TECH
1330 , 88% , U VIRGINIA
1325 , 92% , U MICHIGAN
1300 , 79% , U N CAROLINA
1290 , 97% , UCLA
1290 , 55% , U ILLINOIS
1280 , 58% , U WISCONSIN
1270 , 75% , U FLORIDA
1255 , 100% , UC SAN DIEGO
1230 , 75% , U TEXAS
1215 , 87% , U WASHINGTON
1200 , 96% , UC S BARBARA
1200 , 43% , PENN STATE
1195 , 96% , UC IRVINE
1175 , 98% , UC DAVIS</p>
<p>Well my SAT is not that^ good, but I have only taken 1 AP and I am in the 26%ile but I somehow got a 2190. So where does that leave me?</p>
<p>Some people just “get” the SAT and/or ACT exam, and are able to pull down really high scores. However, college grades, graduation rates, etc., are much more highly correlated to HS grades than they are to SAT/ACT general exam scores. You could compare this to the difference between a sprint and a triathlon with college being the triathlon. We know you are a good sprinter, but can you now see yourself developing into a solid triathlete? Look at your HS transcripts. What is your overall GPA? Is there a rising trend in your GPA, or an increase in the difficulty of your HS coursework? Those are the kinds of things that help colleges and universities predict whether or not you are likely to make the transition successfully.</p>
<p>The College Board CollegeMatchmaker and other similar search engines will allow you to search for colleges/universities that accept students with your SAT/ACT general exam scores, your GPA, and your class rank. You should run some of those searches and see what you come up with.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>No one can tell you because there is so much more that goes into admissions. Your overall course rigor aside from AP, your ECs, your essay, your reccos, your school, your state, your family situation. The few schools that will admit you are test scores are to be questioned.</p>
<p>I once met a woman who went to a school because they offered money for national merit scholars, and she didn’t think twice. She said later, that it was too much of a party school for her and she only later realized they were just trying to up their stats. She said she ought to have looked around.</p>
<p>Edit to say, your class rank is decent and may not keep you out of anywhere, depending on the other things I mentioned. There is so much variable, though. I really doubt my dd was in top 10%, but her school won’t rank. And it is known to be hard.Advice: Work on your essays.</p>