<p>Marian, I get that from what the colleges themselves say, and what the reported results threads state on CC. But scores are not grades. (You asked about a GPA suffering.) The grades had better remain high: those are more important than scores, for admission. Cd's statement that "scores rule" is simply inaccurate. If it was accurate, there wouldn't be some of the top colleges "re-evaluating" how much emphasis to place on scores in admission. (Refer to many of the articles posted by asteriskea.)</p>