<p>is it bad to have a really high sat score and a decent/average gpa, or is it better to have a decent sat score that matches the gpa</p>
<p>does the same go for sat 2 subject tsts? [i had b's in my aps, but ive been averaging above 700s on subject tests]</p>
<p>Neither, it’s best to have a high sat score and a high gpa :)</p>
<p>Honestly, just try to do the best you can at whatever you do. Purposely holding yourself back will never get you anywhere.</p>
<p>If you are asking the difference between high SAT and decent GPA, or decent SAT and decent GPA (which you are, because you said the decent SAT score matched the GPA), well I think you could figure that one out for yourself. My faith in humanity depends on it :).</p>
<p>high GPA is better than test scores, because a high GPA takes years of dedication, while high test scores only take a few hours of focus and luck.</p>
<p>It’s better to have a high SAT and a decent GPA rather than a decent SAT and GPA.</p>
<p>EDIT:The same goes for the subject tests.</p>
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<p>The fact that you still have faith in humanity restored my faith in humanity. To an extent.</p>
<p>And I second the other posts.</p>
<p>High SAT score definitely.</p>
<p>GPA is really useless, IMO. If you go to one school and get a 4.7 GPA, it’s VERY different from if you go to another school and get the same GPA. However, SAT scores are uniform throughout the entire range of applicants.</p>
<p>At least that’s what I’ve always thought…</p>
<p>^GPA is somewhat useless in the fact that, if you just posted your weighted GPA on here, no one would really know much as to just how good of a student you are. UW GPA fixes this problem somewhat, but only if we assume all honors/AP classes. But then, different schools have different grade difficulties, so UW GPA alone is also somewhat useless. </p>
<p>BUT, when colleges see your GPA, they see it in the context of your school. What rank are you? What classes did you take? How strong overall is your school? So, the GPA that colleges see, the only GPA that is important, is not useless at all. Far from it.</p>
<p>The number (of the GPA) itself may not mean much at all, but the number given with the proper context tells a great deal.</p>
<p>^ I agree. Your rank and your course rigor combined with your GPA may very well be more important than (or as important as) your SAT score.</p>
<p>I don’t really have much faith in rank either, lol.</p>
<p>I’m 1st out of 410 kids in my school (kids here gasp when they hear AP and complain that they are going to fail the SAT), but I’m pretty confident that I would be lucky to be in the top 50 at a more competitive school.</p>
<p>Oh well, I’m not complaining :)</p>
<p>Colleges usually look at your GPA relative to other people in your area, so it is still valid. I still hold that test scores don’t mean as much as people think they do.</p>
<p>uh
GPA > SAT</p>
<p>Every teacher is different. That’s the reason that collegeboard created the SAT. It’s STANDARDIZED so that students with high GPA’s can be compared in another aspect. I think the SAT has more weight in this respect.</p>
<p>Check collegeboard regarding specific schools, to see how important each element is to that school.</p>
<p>Some say a high GPA would be better than a high SAT score since your GPA represents your entire high school career and how much effort you put into it. But then again, GPAs can be affected by various things like the difficulty of a course or student connections. The SAT would then seem like a better judging tool since it is standardized, but I personally think having both a good GPA and SAT score would be best. It’s better to be well rounded then to be strong in one thing and weak in the other. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily good to have a high SAT score and a low GPA score or vice versa. It can be confusing or seemingly inconsistent to officers of admission.</p>