<p>Same thing with low grade but high AP/SAT II score.
(Ex: 3.7 gpa, 2300 SAT or B in the class, 5/ 750+ on the exam)</p>
<p>Will college admissions think I'm lazy?
Would it actually be safer to intentionally bomb my exams and a lower score so colleges don't look down on my poor GPA (poor for the scores I got)</p>
<p>This worries me. I have a downward trend in my grades too. I've gotten 4 B's so far, if I get straight A's from now I will only have a 3.78.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call a 3.78 a bad GPA. Assuming you have a good class rank they will assume there is grade deflation. What is your SAT score?</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten it back yet but I felt really confident with how I did</p>
<p>Our class ranking system is very strange; it’s based on unweighted GPA. My rank is something like 30/400, I’m not sure. But three other people also have my rank.</p>
<p>Man you better count your blessings. I would do many illegal things to get a 3.78…</p>
<p>There are schools giving full tuition waivers for 3.5 GPA and high SAT scores. Why would you ever bomb a test?</p>
<p>Sorry, not trying to say that 3.78 is bad. It’s just kind of low in comparison to a high SAT score like 2300.
If it helps, I got 218 on my PSAT.</p>
<p>As for another example, I got a B in APUSH but an 5 on the exam</p>
<p>Based on what you have said it seems that you just go to a rigorous school. Schools won’t view as lazy, you’re fine.</p>
<p>What Us do you want to attend?</p>
<p>…I would cut off an arm for a 3.78. No joke.</p>
<p>My kid got into U of Chicago with similar stats this year (EA with merit aid).</p>
<p>I’m guessing top tier schools like Penn and Brown, definitely Stanford are kind of out of the question?</p>
<p>Penn might be within reach. And Brown is not all about GPA or test scores. Stanford probably is out of reach. I mean, Penn & Brown are reaches because they are reaches for almost everyone. But they are not out of reach, IMHO.</p>