SUNY New Paltz

hudsonvalley51
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:20:38 +0000

bextreme1 – I think the OP is correct in judging his chances to be about 50/50 at this time. Her 87 average puts her at about the 35% percentile of admitted students, and as nysmile noted her ACT score is at the mid-point. Fortunately, she has taken a reasonably rigorous schedule of courses and that will work in her favor. If she works hard on bringing her senior grades up and improves her test scores she’ll stand a much better chance.

Your son had an ACT score that was in the top 4% of his NP class. That helped a lot in off-setting his 15th percentile (approx) GPA. I’m guessing he might have challenged himself with some demanding math and science courses in high school also?