<p>Na…I dont agree. A teacher can only tell the school so much about you, your essays truly tell the school about you. I’ve known my teachers for a good amount of time, I don’t feel they adequately give the schools a true picture of me. </p>
<p>A personal essay is the best way to convey the best parts of yourself. And pretty much everyone has All A’s and B’s atleast…so im not sure if grades are even that big. They just have to know that your able to do the work at the school once you get there. If they believed in all those grades we wouldnt have to take the SSAT.</p>
<p>But ya in my opinion its the essays hands down…then maybe teacher recs…then of course you have to have a reasonable SSAT. You don’t need 99% from what I’ve read around the board.</p>