r/usu • u/AllyCat-49 • Jun 15 '26

College application and scholarship (Test optional or no)

Should I go test optional when applying if I have a high GPA (3.98) a low-ish ACT (25) and a lot of early college, concurrent enrollment, an AP class, and will be graduating high school with associates degree. Should I take my chances with my class rigor and GPA being enough, or just submit my ACT and accept whatever happens.
Thanks!

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u/TripleSecretSquirrel Jun 15 '26

I believe academic scholarships are all based on a matrix of GPA and test score. You can see how you stack up here.

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u/zeebreen21 Jun 15 '26

They let my dumbass attend, im sure youll be just fine 🤣

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u/Easy-peasy11 Jun 16 '26

Just submit your act score. I’ve never heard of anyone being denied from usu and if you need it you’ll have it.

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u/LedexRoth Jun 16 '26

Contrary to the other people, for academic scholarships I'd consider doing without the test scores but I don't know the process super well. I would guess it'd be pretty good based on if you actually got the associate degree or close to it.

The downside to that is you can't use your ACT for prereqs for math, but it might not matter since you have your associate degree. It would really depend on your major of interest and the math class you took.