Thread: Is a 3.8 GPA good enough to get into a pretty good college?

phew. what college did you go to?

Right now Jefferson Community College, reasoning being it's cheaper and all classes will transfer after I obtain my associate's degree.

Then it's most likely the University of Louisville for me.

Oh yeah the SATs. My brother always had REALLY good grades and he took the sat and really screwed up the new writing section. He got about what would be a 94 if it was out of 100 on every part, but on the writing he got about a 40... he still got into a really good college though.

I'm in less honor courses than him, (only 1) but I think that my grades in everything are better than his.

I'm sure that you will be able to get in to some decent (with financial support in some places) with a 3.8. How does that compare to the rest of your class? Did you do extracurricular activities and or community service? From what I've seen, colleges look at your activities and application essay(s) more than your GPA.

In my case however, my college didn't require an application essay though (good thing since I suck at writing IMO. I ended up going to Rose-Hulman. A top ranking undergraduate engineering university).

i have enough community service and i do some clubs. The school I go to is kinda infamous for being really tough, so I think that I'll be ok. The teachers at my school say that college will actually be easier than or high school for at least the first year.

sadly, colleges put more weight on standardized testing then knowledge or ability... If its the ACTs, anything above 27 should make it easy to get in. Im not sure what the SAT equivilent is.

Assuming your ACT/SAT scores are decent (i.e., 75th percentile or above), a 3.8 GPA should get you accepted into all but the best of the best schools. Getting accepted really isn't hard, it's the scholarships you ought to be worried about. Any university is pricey, but the high-profile, private schools can get ridiculous fast.

If you haven't taken the ACT/SAT yet, then my advice is that you study for them before you take them. Buy a few prep books off Amazon and study a little bit every night for around a month leading up to the exam. If you can pull in an impressive score to go with your impressive GPA, then you will be very competitive at nearly any school, and will more than likely receive a good amount of tuition remission.