<p>I read that somewhere and although I know that Brandesi is a great school how is that possble?</p>
<p>less rigorous high schools........actually that is easy to accomplish. Just take all the VALS from no name high schools.</p>
<p>I don't know if that is true or not, but it could also be a product of putting greater value on GPA than test scores. That is, maybe Brandeis is picking up a lot of top performing students with SATs in the ~1300 range.</p>
<p>"less rigorous high schools........actually that is easy to accomplish. Just take all the VALS from no name high schools."</p>
<p>Actually, lots of people here went to private and magnet schools. So...not so much. I'd say most people here had a pretty strong A average in high school. Not necessarily ALL A's, but very few B's if any.</p>
<p>The difference between the average GPA's is slight. 3.78 at Columbia, 3.84 at UPenn, and 3.88 at 'Deis. I think calmom might be right about the balance of GPA and test scores. My roommate would probably have been rejected from Columbia with a nearly 4.0 UW GPA because of her low test scores but was accepted ED into Brandeis.</p>
<p>Thanks for the validation of my suspicion -- it gives me hope. I'm the parent of a kid with a great GPA, probably graduating 2nd in her class, but not-so-impressive test scores. If Brandeis does value GPA over scores, then I guess we should be expecting a fat envelope this week.</p>
<p>do you guys think that high SAT score but a lowish GPA would be forwned upon?</p>
<p>How low is the GPA?</p>
<p>well 90 in junior year, 88 in senior year and the SATs are 1470</p>
<p>I mean, it is lower than the average. But it probably depends on other factors like EC's, how difficult your classes are, etc.</p>