@marie122 , Dean Fitzsimmons of Harvard University said himself that students who have low GPAs and high SAT scores are a horrible candidates for Harvard. A case of vise versa would seem more eligible. BUT, that doesn’t change the fact that it is SATs are a major indicator of academic knowledge (NOT! academic success), so IMHO the SAT is kind of like an indicator of the students capabilities.
@Matt846, NOTHING! LITERALLY NOTHING! is a guarantee. You can have a perfect score and not be considered for admission… You can have a 1900 and be accepted (rare though). However, regarding your first statement… did the Hopkins rep talk at all about the potential of a student with modest SAT score getting in?