SATs admission value in regards to GPA

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<p>I'm a transfer (international) student looking to transfer to a US college. My first two choices however happen to be my reaches (Stanford and Yale).</p>

<p>Now in terms of ECs, recommendation letters and miscellaneous, I believe myself to be a very competitive candidate. I consider myself to be a very good writer, having been published, so I think my essays will be very good as well. Plus I'm a URM so there's that. =)</p>

<p>My only problem lies in my academics; they're a bit average. 3.7/4.3 college GPA and B- high school student to be exact. Now I've been preparing the SATs like a madman and practice runs range me at about 2200-2350 with them still being two months away. My question is....can scores like these "make up" for my other academics?</p>

<p>How are SAT scores judged/valued in regards to the GPA?</p>

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<p>Transfer students from another college may encounter different issues from high school students applying as freshmen. (I would guess that college grades matter the most for transfer students.) See </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882&lt;/a> </p>

<p>for the LONG answer, with lots of posts by various students and parents, about how SAT scores relate to other admission factors.</p>