text: can someone with 20 points less than their required sat score still be admitted to a college? i received my sat scores and i got 20 points less then my required score to utsa a college here in san antonio. well anyways is there a way that i can still be admitted even though i was 20 points away? first of all, you might want to take it over if you want to a higher chance in getting to that university. yet, if you do not want to take over then your transcript has to be outstanding and have a very high gpa and good class ranking. 20 points might get you out of that university depending on how hard it is getting into it. yet, if you have extra curricular activities they look at that also... leadership.