What is considered as a GOOD G.P.A.? Also, What is considered as a GOOD SAT score?
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GPA:3.5 and up\nSAT: 1500 is considered average.
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You might want to buy US News' or Newsweek's annual college report from the local bookstore. It offers comprehensive statistics on the average GPA and test scores of American colleges, as well as guides on how to prepare for college and choose colleges.\n\nCombined SAT I scores range from 600 - 2400. 2150 and above is normally considered a competitive score. Like the SAT I subsections, each of the three SAT II scores  ranges from 200-800. Some colleges may ask for more or less than 3 SAT II tests, or may require a specific SAT II test. 650+ is generally considered competitive.\n\nBeing accepted into college really depends on other factors including your GPA, extracurricular activities, goal, and of course, the college you're applying to.
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Colleges definitely consider GPA.\nHowever, a lot of colleges look at your SAT scores more, because they are a standardized test.  \nGPAs can vary from school to school.  Suppose I went to a school that had many teachers that graded leniently and I earned a GPA of 4.0, but you went to a school where the teachers were mean and inflexible, but you had a GPA of 3.0.  We could be equally intelligent, but I appear more qualified because of the different teachers.
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a score of 115 is over the top of the bell curve well enough to be considered very good. \n\nIf you do not know what a bell curve is please go to your councilor and ask them. they can draw it out for you and explain what it is and how you place on the curve.\n\nAnd oh yes, Keep up the good work....
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It looks for what many of the other top schools look for:\n1.) Academic GPA\n2.) Rigor of your couseload\n3.) Board scores\n4.) Extracurriculars\n5.) Essay\n6.) Recommendations from Teachers\nYou don't have to be perfect in each criteria...a high GPA could probably compensate for a slighly lower SAT score\nhowever, there's going to be a lot of people with amazing extracurriculars, and excellent grades and SAT scores...the main thing is to stand out from other people\nwrite really good essays, and show your passion. if Princeton's your top school, you might want to consider applying Early Decision.\nGood luck!
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Yeah, that's a very good SAT score.  Here are the results from the SATs last year:\n\nMale Verbal 513,Female Verbal 505.  Male Mathematical 538, Female Mathematical 504.
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Every college you talk to, they will tell you that your high school transcript is the most important part of your application. The SAT or ACT is definitely secondary. \n\nWhat do you mean by "good college" There are 2000 colleges in the USA. The top 20 or so are extremely competitive, but the rest are not very competitive. Look at the acceptance rates for lots of the colleges in the top 100 US News rankings and you will find lots of them that accept over 50% of applicants. \n\nIf you have an average of 650 or so on your college board tests, and a GPA of 3.5 or so, you can get into any but the most selective schools. You should be thinking about WHICH school is going to fit you better. City or country? Big or small? North, South, East or West? Public or private? There is a lot of info about this at your local library and online. You can check every school you're interested in and see the stats for their last class.... SAT's, rank in class, number admitted... almos every college has this on line.
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That's a pretty good score. - Congratulations! But it depends on what school you want to get into. Probably some Ivy leagues won't think that's good enough.
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Very good score!\nPuts you in the top7% of IQ's\n100, supposedly, is the average (very subjective)\nCongratulations!
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It depends on your standards.  \nA perfect GPA is a 4.0 (or straight A's).\n--This is very impressive and will "wow" people\n3.5 = "B+" average\n--This would be impressive\n3.0 = "B" average   \n--This is better than average, quite good\n2.5 = "C+" average  \n--Usually this is what you need to have\n2.0 = "C" average\n--Anything below that and you're toast.
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It's okay, not outstanding or anything.. 49% of students had a GPA of 3.75 or higher in high school. But your SAT scores and other factors have something to do with it also. Apply. If you get in, great. If not, at least you know. It's worse to not apply and keep wondering if they would have accepted you. Just do it! And you have time to improve that. :)
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All Universities in the U.S. have the right to accept or reject any application for whatever reason they see fit.  The SAT is just a score they can use to judge you against other possible students.  Normally (but not always) with a high enough score you will be more apt to be accepted.  Often grades and extra-curricular activites play just as large of role as any test scores.
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4.0 if you are taking standard classes. Some of the college prep classes (they called them A.P. - advanced placement - when I was in school) award an extra point for each grade (i.e., A = 5 pts. instead of 4 pts.). So someone in the advanced classes could have a better than 4.0 GPA if they get all As or they can get a few Bs and still have a 4.0 GPA.
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For college admissions, grades and SATs (and in some selective colleges SAT Subject Tests), the college often has its own complex formula with variables involving everything from class rank to your basic SAT Verbal score.  They then come out with a number which, in some cases, can either automatically rule you out, or send your application on to the next reader.\nWhile solid GPAs and SATs/ACTs are important as hell, extracurriculars, electives, and out of school classes or activites as well as awards taken (or won) for extended periods of time, showing your passion in specific subjects can be just as important as your GPA and test scores combined.\nBut, above all, if you DO have an academically solid application, they will also want to see strength in your essay.  Many a good book has been written for the specific purpose of college essay writing (I recommend Amazon for this), and it is the one point where you and your application is supposed to stand out among the thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) of other applicants.  Essays are supposed to show your personality, so TAKE TIME ON IT.\n\nThat is my advice and experience.\n\n\nP.S. I am still in high school, and I've gotten a 730+ on each of the SAT 1 sections, and an 760 and 730 on my World History and Math C2 Subject Tests.  My school does not provide GPA, but I've mathematically estimated it's in the region of 3.6.  I'm considering the following universities: George Washington University, Brown University, New York University, University of California: Berkeley, and Columbia University.
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Usually, we use numbers too. We say 15 of 20 or 17 of 20 and so on . This goes only until the end of the high school. \nAfter that, in college, or grades are "pass, good, very good, and excellent"\nPass is from 50% to 65%. Good is from 65% to 75% very good from 75% to 90% Excellent is from 90% all the rest of the way.
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Without knowing your SAT scores, it's hard to say.  But keep in mind that if you are at a top prep school, the admissions officers will take that into consideration when looking at your GPA.  If you do very well on the SAT, if your letters of recommendation are great, and if your essay is literate and well-composed, you should do fine, and you might even be able to shoot higher than you think.\n\nA decent SAT score should give you an excellent shot at these very good colleges:\n\nCollege of William and Mary*\nUniversity of Richmond\nUniversity of Connecticut\nUniversity of Vermont\nUniversity of Virginia*\nBoston College\n\n* = aspirational schools - harder to gain admissions\n\nLower SAT?\n\nRoger Williams U\nClark University \nQuinnipiac U\nFairfield U\nUNH\n\nOh, and "pre-law" is not a major.  To get into law school later, choose a major that focuses on writing and critical thinking.   History is a great choice, but just choose something you love, and do very well in that major.  Law schools don't care what you major in, but they DO care whether you can read closely and critically, and write well.\n\nBest wishes to you!
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The people who said 1600 is the top score are no longer right - under the new system, there are additional sections that add points.  However, a 1400 is still pretty good; right around average.  I would see what your percentiles are (for example, being in the 70th percentile means you scored higher than 70% of the people) for a better idea of how good you did.  The new SAT scores are different, and there's not a real good basis for what's good or bad yet.  However, I don't think you have anything to worry about. :o)