Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:50     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DS got a 1290 on the SAT (3.98 weighted gpa from FCPS) and is going to JMU this fall.

He also applied and got into Penn State and GMU.


Did he submit the 1290 at JMU?


Mine got a 1480 and was WL at JMU!


My 1370 (submitted) was also waitlisted at JMU.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:49     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DS got a 1290 on the SAT (3.98 weighted gpa from FCPS) and is going to JMU this fall.

He also applied and got into Penn State and GMU.


Did he submit the 1290 at JMU?


Yes, he submitted the score to JMU and GMU. He went TO for Penn State.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:48     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DS got a 1290 on the SAT (3.98 weighted gpa from FCPS) and is going to JMU this fall.

He also applied and got into Penn State and GMU.


Did he submit the 1290 at JMU?


Mine got a 1480 and was WL at JMU!


I'm going to assume that the GPA was a bit lower than the threshold.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:46     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:DD had a 1300. She is a senior at UMD. It was a reach when she applied and I know it’s harder now so perhaps not relevant. But she applied to I think 10 schools and was accepted to all including a lot of small private schools with merit aid, plus Miami of Ohio. So under 1400 isn’t the end of the world. Her brother struggles with paralyzing anxiety on standardized tests and I expect him to top out at 1200 though his goal is 1300. He is considering the non- flagship UNC campuses, Miami of Ohio, Towson, JMU and WVU so far. He is hoping to go TO where possible.

This was basically our DC. ~1300 one-and-done/zero-prep, 4.0UW/4.5W with dozens of DE credits. Enrolling at WVU with $$ merit and is super excited.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:42     Subject: Re:Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
St. Joe's. We all love it and he got lots of merit.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:40     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DS got a 1290 on the SAT (3.98 weighted gpa from FCPS) and is going to JMU this fall.

He also applied and got into Penn State and GMU.


Did he submit the 1290 at JMU?


Mine got a 1480 and was WL at JMU!
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:39     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
My kid got a 1380 and is at CU Boulder with $15k merit. She also went TO, so I guess the score didn’t really matter LOL
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:09     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:My DS got a 1290 on the SAT (3.98 weighted gpa from FCPS) and is going to JMU this fall.

He also applied and got into Penn State and GMU.


Did he submit the 1290 at JMU?
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:06     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid had a 1210 score. He applied to 8 schools (all state flagships) and got into all 8. He applied TO to about half of them. He got merit from 6.

There are plenty of options out there.


Could you let us know the demographics for you child? That makes a lot of difference.


I’m the PP you’re asking. White. Not an athlete and no hooks. 3.8 UW GPA and 6 APs

2 of the state schools were reaches, but he got in. One with merit.

I follow this board and was panicking, but he picked great schools for him (South Carolina, Penn State, Delaware, Tenn, etc.)
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 17:00     Subject: Re:Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Sorry. My child is so special they scored 1700.

Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 16:58     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:My kid had a 1210 score. He applied to 8 schools (all state flagships) and got into all 8. He applied TO to about half of them. He got merit from 6.

There are plenty of options out there.


Could you let us know the demographics for you child? That makes a lot of difference.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 16:53     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
1380, going to Delaware with merit
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 16:49     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Better to have a low test score than a GPA lower than 3.75UW. They say our kids shouldn't stress about grades -- then they make it ALL about grades. You can't have a bad day or a bad year because your 1500 SAT won't make up for those Bs even if was in AP classes.

This is why TO should go away. Someone who has a UW3.6 but took high rigor classes and gets a 1560 on SAT belongs in a elite college, someone who has a UW4.0 but took easier classes , or has grade inflation, and gets a 1290 does not.


That's why schools look closely at rigor.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 16:47     Subject: Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are they happy? Where did they apply and get in/not get in? Merit anywhere?


In at UVA, UCSD, UCSB - offered significant merit at two 'Likely' schools.


My ds is considering all of these. Any merit at them? What were grades and score?


No merit at any of these - 4.2 W / 1320 but applied TO (UC schools won't accept or consider test scores)

Had some very interesting ECs with a lot of leadership roles
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2024 14:38     Subject: Re:Where are your UNDER 1400 SAT kids going?
Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget: C’s earn degrees!


You know what they call the guy who graduated last from med school? Doctor.