Does high SAT score cover for low GPA

intparent
Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:38:22 +0000

Well… I am actually starting to question whether colleges are telling the truth about GPA vs. test scores. I suppose it depends on the college, and “how high” and “how low” you are talking about. I have a kid with a 3.7 UW GPA (that is not high by CC standards) and 2380 superscored SATs, with 2 800 on subject tests in areas that are far apart academically. She is probably in the top 20% in her HS class; they don’t rank, so can’t tell for sure. She has quite a few ECs, a few that are “interesting” and different, but no state/national level awards and no leadership. She got accepted EA to U of Chicago with merit aid. We will see about the rest of her admissions… she has a few other top colleges in her RD application set. So that is just one data point. And as potatosrule said, her GPA is okay and her test scores are great, so that could explain it.