<p>^^^</p>
<p>Is your son a junior or senior?</p>
<p>What is his weighted GPA?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that GPA is more important than test scores, because there are many kids with 4.0 GPAs whose schools practice massive grade inflation or are sub-standard schools (therefore a A at that school would be a B at another.). </p>
<p>Those kids will post on CC that they have a 4.0 or 3.8 GPA with an ACT 22 (or similar). Schools are not going to be impressed with a 4.0 with an ACT 22 - especially if that’s par for the course for that school.</p>
<p>Conversely, a very high ACT with truly low GPA sends a message that the child won’t do his homework, won’t follow directions for assignments, leaves assignments at home (instead of turning them in), etc.</p>
<p>So extreme differences (high scores/low GPA and high GPA/low scores) send different messages to colleges…</p>
<p>However, your idea of a “low GPA” may not be that low at all. :)</p>
<p>What is his weighted GPA? What is his UW GPA?</p>
<p>If it’s not really low, he still can get into many colleges. Is money an issue?</p>