Is all the work in high school worth it?

[ucbalumnus]

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@xiggi

A perfect GPA will never undo the negative impact of a low SAT or ACT, safe and except in states that use a HS rank as the sole yardstick for admissions (such as Texas.)

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<p>However, lower test scores are more easily fixed at the later stages of the game (late junior or early senior year) through test-specific studying and retaking, while lower GPA (as in <3.5 when applying for the most selective colleges, <3.0 for moderately selective colleges – NOT “oh no, I got one B so my GPA is only 3.94”) is not as easily fixable.</p>