<p>This thread has been very educational for me. I had thought that the colleges focused mainly on the GPA, the courses taken and what they knew about the student’s school to see if the student were capable of doing the course work and motivated to do it. I thought they used the SATI in ranges to see if they were dealing with an overachiever or underachiever. In that manner the SAT did not have a strong correlation with how one might perform in college. A student with an SAT of 1600 might not perform better than one of 1400, but would almost certainly outperform someone with an 1100 in the more rigorous schools.</p>