Sat-GPA Disconnect

GroovyGeek
Sun, 25 May 2008 03:15:43 +0000

My daughter’s SAT’s are great; her GPA is less impressive. My feeling is that this says “underachiever” to an admissions officer.



Try “not inclined to work hard on a sustained basis” instead of “underachiever”. Low GPA hurts A LOT more than low SATs at most schools. Have some experience here. D was 2200 on SATs but barely top 10% GPA-wise at school. She got into many good schools, but not into the few we thought were a reach for her.