Grades , SAT and Good School.

[Mirch]

@sumorani

A lot of schools look for well rounded students, SAT, GPA, extra curricular activities, honors, etc. However, the SAT still carries a lot of weight. In addition, the schools look at the highest combined SAT score which means from all the SATs your son has taken they will pick the highest score from each of the three sections and combine them to get a score out of 2400. If this is the first time he has taken the SAT maybe he should take a SAT prep course to help him. Also, colleges do not like it when the student has taken the SAT more than three times. The ideal number of times is only 2. So maybe the next time he takes it he should be well prepared.

My sister had a combined SAT score of 1900 and she’s a senior in hs right now. She applied to a lot of top schools including some top engineering schools. She moved back from khi 2 yrs ago but her grades weren’t that good in paksitan however she’s an A student here. she also has a lot of extra curricular work from Pakistan and she joined a few after school clubs/organizations here and she tutors kids from her school. Also has about 6 AP level courses that she’s taking in her senior year. Still however, she hasn’t gotten accepted to a good school yet and she’s waitlisted at RPI (hope she gets in i’A). The amount of students applying to almost every university in the US has gone up dramatically this year and the same is true for grad students. So there is a lot of competition.

Still, if he doesn’t get into a top school for pre-med or of your choice, he can go to another school for 1-2 yrs, do the best he can and hopefully transfer out. I have seen people go from community colleges into tier 1 colleges after 1-2 years, so it definitely can be done.

It all sounds good. I will let him read your post and some others too . Thanks for your help and input.