gpa required for the following chapters?

[gee_ess]

Actually, at the University of Arkansas, for example, an ACT or SAT score is part of the rush application. All academic info for PNMs is confirmed/verified/gpa's converted to 4.0 scale by university before their rush application info is made available to the houses.

In my experience, the test score carries less weight when compared to a high gpa. Girls are more apt to think, "Here is a smart girl who just really didn't test well." But, that is certainly not set in stone.

[wildcatfan]

Originally Posted by DoubleRose

What about the opposite? The PNM that has high grades and low SAT/ACT. I would assume if given a choice, you would not list them. What is considered good on the SAT/ACT today? When I took the SAT with my stone tablet and the no abacus rule my 1350 was considered excellent. But I noticed scores seemed to be going up even before they added the extra 800 points. SO if a 30 is good on the ACT where does it become not so good 25, 28? And what about the SAT is 2100 good and below 1800 not so good?
I hope that makes sense.

DoubleRose

I realize it depends on the school, but I thinking about places where everyone has 3.8 or above GPA. Would you use test scores to help decide who gets the grades brownie points?

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

The highest score possible on the ACT is a 36, and it really depends on the person you're asking, but I've always considered below a 23 to be nothing to write home about. Last time I checked, the national average was a 22 or something. The average for HS grads around here is about a 25 or 26. To be honest, the sororities where I went to school really only looked at the GPAs. Our recruitment apps weren't set up to include HS test scores.

Here is the website that details ACT scores and their corresponding percentiles:

http://www.actstudent.org/scores/norms1.html

The average ACT composite score is 20-21. I would assume the average PNM's score is somewhat higher. To see an average HS score of 25-26, though, would be impressive. Those scores compare nationally with percentiles of 81-85%. Private or competitive prep school, perhaps?

I am not familiar with SAT scores, but I don't think ACT scores have seen significant score inflation. We had some old 1970's test reports on file; a 27 in 1977 was at the 93rd percentile, now it is 89th. A 32 was at the 99th percentile both in the 70's and now.

Originally Posted by gee_ess

Actually, at the University of Arkansas, for example, an ACT or SAT score is part of the rush application. All academic info for PNMs is confirmed/verified/gpa's converted to 4.0 scale by university before their rush application info is made available to the houses.

In my experience, the test score carries less weight when compared to a high GPA. Girls are more apt to think, "Here is a smart girl who just really didn't test well." But, that is certainly not set in stone.

I agree with this post and KSUViolet06 in stating that most sororities look mostly at GPAs. IMHO, however, test scores should be looked at more closely to predict success in college. It is easier to "fake" a good HS GPA with easy classes, grade inflation, and good reputation than it is to fake a good ACT or SAT score.

[breathesgelatin]

I believe the SAT was experiencing grade inflation, and in the mid-to-late 90s the test was reworked to account for this and make it harder. I don't know exactly when but sometime before I took the SAT for the first time... in... 1999 I think?