Isn't GPA overrated?

collegebound1717
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:19:41 +0000

I agree that there are some many variables in GPAs that they need to be taken with a grain of salt. But, nonetheless, it tells you how well the student handles work, and potentially whether they could excel at a certain college. GPAs are fine as long as the difficulty of the classes and the high school are taken into account.

I disagree that the SAT/ACT is vastly better than GPA. After all some students are just naturally great at test-taking. Plus, the SAT takes a few hours, whereas GPAs show students’ performance over the course of years.