But then you have schools like Auburn that basically admit based on your GPA/SAT/ACT - they don’t look at anything else (or at least as of a couple of years ago that was the case).
I’ll also add another wrinkle I found with UTK. They recalculate your GPA based on their requirements. Lets say you took 4 years of science and they only require 3, they use your 3 highest science grades in the calculation of your GPA. So when you put in the information into the Self Reported Academic Record tool they us it kicks out a GPA that has no association to any other report you have.