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0 pointsiyulaev12y ago0 comments

Also, a good internship will look much better on a college app than a few extra points.

Sadly, nope, unless you're applying to a high-end private school. I know the UC system doesn't care at all about your work experience, and even if you founded a company when you were in HS, that would at best be worth 150-300 SAT points.

Now that I think about it, it's scary that I still remember this.

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argonaut12y ago

Completely disagree. I too went through the college admissions process.

Yes, public schools care more about standardized numbers (SAT/GPA), but you don't need a very high SAT score (in strictly relative terms to private schools) to get into a top public school, even the top UCs.

Put it this way: An elite public school might weight SATs 40%, but the median SAT will only be 2000 anyway.

Whereas an elite private might have a median of 2150 with a weighting of 20%.

The fact is that public schools will give more weight to SATs, but the threshold for what above average for admission is already lower.

vineel12y ago

I'm guessing Shalin is aiming for MIT, Stanford, and schools of their ilk. These fall under "high-end private schools".

flylib12y ago

it will look better on a resume for jobs/further internships down the road though which is just as important anyway

philangist12y ago

Probably more important. Going to a good school is great, working on cool projects and gaining work experience is awesome.

iyulaevOP12y ago

Agree that it will look better, and is probably a better experience. Sadly college admissions is a game, and it is risky to ignore it.

adamzerner12y ago

not only that... but it'll be better for finding your passion, for being better at what you do, for networking etc.

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