Strategy when grades are lower relative to test scores

carlsen
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:51:58 +0000

If a student’s grades are a bit lower than the test scores would predict (in my son’s case a 3.5 GPA unweighted (in honors and AP classes) vs. almost-perfect SAT and ACT scores and AP exam scores), how should that affect (if at all) the kind of Common App and supplemental essays he writes? I would describe my son as very smart but a bit erratic in dealing with schoolwork, sometimes turning in assignments late or not at all. We have talked to him about this.