Sat-GPA Disconnect

cloverleafgirl
Sat, 24 May 2008 09:08:13 +0000

Just a couple of thoughts. First, I would absolutely have S retake the SAT, but not report the scores to any colleges OR to the h.s. (that way, if he bombs, it won’t appear on his transcript). Second, after three kids, the youngest heading off to college this fall, while both GPA and SAT scores are extremely important, the SAT is the only truly objective evaluation method available. GPA’s vary wildly from school to school, and even though AO’s rescale, there is no way to consider that some schools and teachers are easier than others. Plus, as someone who worked in college financial aid many moons ago, SAT’s were often used as a cutoff for the order in which aid applications were reviewed.