Standardized Testing

[Rich]

I didn't apply to any cause my grades weren't that good and I had no activities.

Sign me up for that category please.

I just hope my grades are good enough for BC. The whole summer thing there won't hurt either.

[Saint of Killers]

I went to Brandeis for one semester and I thought my professors were excellent - the problem was that a lot of the kids I was going to school with treated the place like a safety school and slacked off because they hadn't made it into their first choice.

That's supposedly the draw for the ivy leagues and equivalents. Not that their professors are better (although they will claim they are) but that the student body tends to be smarter and much more dedicated, which makes the classes better.

When you're applying to colleges in high school, try to get into the most prestigious school possible. All of the other stuff will fall together.

Where were you 7 years ago?

[Mman]

I got a 32 on the SATs both times I took them. The wierd thing is, the the categories I did well in switched in both times. If you took my best scores I would have had a 34 or 35. Good enough to get me accepted to U Wisconsin Madison, though I went to another UW school.

[Rich]

I'm going to assume you mean ACT?

[Mman]

yeah...do that.

[Stone]

And generally, I think companies only care where you got your degree from. The original place doesnt matter.

Companies definitely only care about where you graduated from, not where you began.

[Fe 26]

Companies definitely only care about where you graduated from, not where you began.

That is good to hear.

Second question. When you apply to a better school do they care about your ACT and SAT scores? Or just your current GPA?