Secrets of GPA and SAT to get into Harvard and Stanford
Here’s what no one is willing to tell you about your GPA and SAT score: at a certain point, THEY DON’T MATTER.
College admissions is a tough game – but there are rules to getting into the best schools like Princeton and Stanford. I worked in the Admissions Office of a Top 20 school for 3 years, so I’ve had plenty of experience figuring out what really matters for high school students.
With your GPA, class rank, and SAT, there are only 2 rules that you need to know – following these rules will SAVE A LOT OF TIME during the college admissions process.
1) Aim for the top 3-5% of your class and you’ll be completely fine. Being valedictorian helps – obviously – but not nearly as much as most people think. There are simply too many valedictorian applicants, and Yale values other areas as much if not more
It all depends on your school, too. If you’re at Stuyvesant, you can be 10% and be fine.
2) As long as your SAT is above 2100, you’re fine. Of course, a perfect SAT score helps. But again – college admissions officers value other areas equally
Please don’t think I’m recommending you just get a 2100. The higher, the better – but at this point, it’s smart to invest your time and energy in other productive areas, like ECs, sports, music, etc
Critical caveat – it’s important that you take as many AP or IB classes as you can. Transcripts are reviewed carefully, and it will hurt if you look like you’re slacking academically. Admissions committees pay attention to these things
Do this, and you’ll have a step up on the admissions competition.
Finally, as I tell everyone and describe in detail in my Hopeless to Harvard book, it’s all about telling a great story. You do this not through your test scores, but through your EC commitments, your essays, and so on.
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