<p>I take rigorous courses and have a GPA of 4.00. My composite score on the ACT was a 31. Do these match up?</p>
<p>You can’t really compare the two.</p>
<p>First of all, “rigorous” means different things in different places.</p>
<p>Secondly, some people are better at school - tests on things that have been studied, projects, homework.
Some are better at testing.</p>
<p>While the two might share some positive correlation (if you learn more in school you will have more knowledge to succeed on standardized tests, and if you’re somebody who studies hard for school maybe you also study hard for the ACT), you can’t convert GPA to an ACT score.</p>
<p>No, mostly because of grade inflation and/or different grading standards at different schools. I mean, at some schools there are people with 4.0s who get like 20 on the ACT.
If high school grading was as standardized as the tests, we wouldn’t need the tests.</p>
<p>It’s all based on your high school. I know people at some schools with 4.0’s and 25’s, but it all goes back to the grade inflation/deflation at your school. To answer your question though, it’s a bit low for someone with a 4.0, but not terrible. For reference, I have a 3.65 and a 35, so it varies greatly by school.</p>
<p>4.00/36, but I know people with high GPAs who test horribly, just as some people are great testers with low GPAs. Heck, people in those circumstances are on CC all the time. Some people are naturally smart but lazy and don’t do their homework so they have lower GPAs. Some people try very hard but just don’t test well. It’s very conditional and you can’t really draw a correlation.</p>