Should I submit my 1340 (710R, 630 M) with an UW gpa of 3.7?

Hello! I got a 1340 on my SAT and wanted to know if I should submit my SAT even though I have a unweighted GPA of 3.7, and my weighted is 4.231

My major: sociology

Rank: 15/316

School Context: Title 1 School, everyone’s on reduced lunch, avg SAT is 859, not many people go to college

My stats: here

AP Scores: APUSH and Research: 3

Thanks!

What is your current application list? I quickly reviewed your previous post and wonder if you’ve made any adjustments. :smiley:

Have you received any acceptances?

Did you meet Bright Futures requirements?

Yes!

St. Leo - 19k scholarship
USF - just got in today
I met bright futures :slight_smile:

My current list:


(This is my list, I just posted a prediction on my TikTok)

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Image won’t load - can you list your schools please.

What image are you talking about? I see this image of this student’s college list just fine. Please clarify.

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Thanks and congrats on your acceptances! Are they both affordable?

Is your budget still $15k?

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Are both of your acceptances affordable? Congrats!

Now it is. B4 it was a big brown blob.

Thanks

To OP - yes to the schools that require it and to Tampa.

No to the rest.

Good luck

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Yes and yes!

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If the green check marks in the picture of the universities you have applied to are predictions that you are likely to be accepted, then I think that you are being a bit optimistic. However, with two good acceptances already in hand, you know you will be going to a good university in September (assuming that they are affordable).

My understanding is that a 1340 on the SAT is about the 90th percentile, which is quite good. This might be a bit low for Colby, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Northeastern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, U.Penn, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, and Yale, but those are all rather high reaches anyway with a 3.7 GPA. You do have a lot of reaches on your list.

For test optional schools, I would be tempted to look up the 25th percentile of SAT scores for accepted students, and send in your score if you are close to or over the 25th percentile. The issue is that for test optional schools typically students with higher SAT scores send in their scores, and students with lower SAT scores do not send in their scores. This skews the reported scores by quite a bit.

Congratulations on your acceptances, and best wishes going forward.

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I agree - the one hesitation I have is that the student comes from an underperforming school and crushes it - but the guesses are very aggressive.

Best of luck to the student.

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That’s great! You know you are going to college! Congratulations!

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I’m sure the OP will clarify…but since there is no way the three red X marks can be denied admissions now, I am guessing the green checks are where they decided to actually apply!

If the green checks are predictions of acceptance, I will wish the OP the best if luck.

What do the hour glasses mean?

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I am wondering as well!

Gracious. Now I don’t know if I interpreted correctly. I’ve never seen chances presented this way so I could very well be wrong.

I thought:

Green check = predicted acceptance (I do think these are overly optimistic)
Red X = predicted rejection
Hour glass = could go either way; time will tell

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You guys are cracking me up lol😭

Red - reject
green - accept
Hour glass - waitlist

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Looking forward to hearing your results, and where you will be heading! :crossed_fingers:t2:for you!

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Haha We’re old. We don’t know these things. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Thanks for the explanation. I’ll take a closer look now that I understand.

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Thanks for the explanation.

I do think you are over aggressive so please prepare for that.

And best of luck wherever you land.

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I would submit. You are coming from an underperforming school and colleges will look at your score taking that into consideration.

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