Reach

A student with a weighted GPA of 3.8–4.1 and an SAT of 1200–1290 applying to Swarthmore College is in the Reach range. Swarthmore College admits 7% of applicants, and the middle half of enrolled students submitted SAT scores of 1460 to 1560. At this band the estimate is about 1 in 100.

40% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 14% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.

For this band, the estimate reads the middle of the band, a weighted GPA of 3.95 and an SAT of 1250, so a student's own numbers can land differently. It also weighs only the numbers; essays, activities and course rigor count too.

← One band lower: weighted GPA 3.5–3.8, SAT 1100–1190 (Reach)
One band higher: weighted GPA 4.1–4.3, SAT 1300–1390 (Reach) →
Every band, on all four ladders, at Swarthmore College →
Swarthmore College on Reach →

Same band, other ways to read it

SAT, unweighted GPA: unweighted GPA 3.5–3.7, SAT 1200–1290 (Reach)
ACT, unweighted GPA: unweighted GPA 3.5–3.7, ACT 25–27 (Reach)
ACT, weighted GPA: weighted GPA 3.8–4.1, ACT 25–27 (Reach)

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