<p>Going with the old concept that the GPA is more a measure of hard work and the SAT more a measure of intelligence (don’t bash me, I know some disagree), I’d probably take the high SAT. The thing is, I coudl have a 4.0 but come from a crappy HS where the valedictorians get 1800 SATs. I wouldn’t want to be in that situation. I’d rather have a slightly lower GPA in a competitive school; if I had a high score on SAT, that would just show that my school is rigorous and that the GPA is deflated.</p>
<p>Then again, colleges really care about work ethic, and I think that it’s probably more important in life to have a work ethic than to have a lot of brains (unless you’re really a genius).</p>