Should I send my SAT score to GW?

parentologist
Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:55:18 +0000

Yes submit that 750 on US History. That’s a perfectly fine score. As for the SAT, this is a tough one. I assume that you are at a small private school, what with a class of only 105, or maybe a small rural high school? Competitive suburban high schools don’t tend to be so small. The scores of 2 on two AP tests indicate that you didn’t master the material. But the fact that you’re 2nd in your class implies that you got A’s in the AP classes, but then got a 2 on the AP test. This would lead an admission committee to judge your high school as not competitive, with low standards. Usually, one might expect a salutatorian to have a significantly higher SAT score than yours, and AP scores of mostly 5s, maybe a 4. So if not for the fact that you are an under represented minority, I would say that you should NOT send that SAT, and if you cannot send only that 5 on the one AP, and exclude the two 2 scores, (which I believe to be the case), then I wouldn’t send the AP scores, either. In fact, if one of those 2’s is in AP English, that could really hurt your chances.

So this still doesn’t answer the question. What the SAT of 1300 says is that you are in the ball park of being able to compete, academically, at GW. I think that it’s not that unusual for URM students with good grades at poor high schools to have SATs much lower than 1300. I would say that you should send it. Being 2nd in your class, combined with an okay SAT score gives the impression that you are a hard worker, with sufficient aptitude/preparation to succeed at GW (which from your success in high school, I’m sure would be the case).