Sat-GPA Disconnect

PRJ
Sat, 24 May 2008 09:56:27 +0000

MommaJ - responding to your original question. My D is in the same situation. (SAT w/o prep = 2120, PSAT = 213 which is definitely Commended and borderline NMSF in our state, and GPA = 3.7) I was shocked when a friend (Admissions dir at a selective LAC) advised that she NOT retake the SAT in case it further widened the discepancy between her SAT and GPA.

I’m still thinking she will retake in the fall anyway, in spite of my friend’s advice. I find it hard to believe that a better SAT score is a bad thing.

My bigger concern is her class rank. With a GPA of 3.7 she is roughly 50/180 - not even in the top 25%! The stats for most schools she is looking at (SLACs) show the vast majority of students in at least the top 25%. How worried should I be?