<p>It seems that everyone on here who is commenting by saying that “GPA tests over 4 years and is therefore better”, is kind of ignoring the general question as to the environment that one is growing up in. I’m not going to bother reciting everything, but there are too many variables associated with a statistic over that long of a period. The SAT on the other hand tests, as so many people have said on here, “your basic knowledge,” and it is therefore imperative that you do well on it.</p>
<p>You know what someone with a great GPA and a bad SAT shows? Grade inflation at the school, possibly easy classes, and not smart enough to master basic to intermediate reasoning skills on a standardized test.
You know what someone with a great SAT and a bad to okay GPA shows? Maybe lazy (can be ameliorated by EC’s), but certainly smart enough to display reasoning and analytical skills, a must for someone who wants to achieve in life.</p>
<p>You might argue and say that some people are just bad test takers. This is not an excuse, because once you enter college, and try for a masters or some other degree, you will be bombarded by even more of these tests: CPA, CCIE, OPFE, Cali - BAR, and LSDT are but a few of these.</p>