<p>Okay, so speaking personally, I have found out from a friend that apparently it is better to have moderately good SAT scores and an exceptional GPA, than to have an exceptional SAT with a moderately good GPA. Because, and once again speaking personally, I had scored a 2000 on the new ones (which is I'll admit a fairly good score) and had managed to get into some crazy schools, and then I know this kid who had basically destroyed my SAT score, but he was only in like the top 30% and in the end result he managed some incredible schools himself, but when comparing him to me, it should have been more likely for him to have gotten into his reaches, than I into mine. And because of this (amongst other important things obviously) I feel that SAT's are starting to become out of vogue, and that academic achievement of the course of your four year high school career seems to be a more key aspect to creating an awesome prospective students for colleges.</p>
<p>True that.</p>
<p>yeah i definitely agree..i had 2350 SAT, but i think 2Bs my junior year stopped me from having any chance at ivies.</p>
<p>crap, i've 2 Bs, but thats first semester.......oh no!!!!i'm screwed!!!!</p>
<p>Seriously, don't worry about B's too much, I mean i had straight B's all throughout high school in history, but that still didn't stop me much, so seriously don't wrry about it too much, just be concerned for your overall average and GPA as opposed to your grades in any singular class.</p>
<p>True. I had a 2060 (single sitting)/2080 (highest section) on my SAT, but a 3.95 UW and a 4.3UC/4.4W GPA. Got into all UCs, Cornell and NYU.</p>
<p>6 B's in frosh. year here... dunno if stanford adcoms will even see my app. in the future...</p>
<p>Seriously, don't worry too much, didn't think much of my application, and I managed to get into some awesome top schools, so just stick the course, and don't slack off, and that's all colleges want to see, seriously....</p>
<p>Or else, I don't think I would have gotten into some of the really awesome schools I got into (though I still don't know how I got into them). Oh well, it's all good :)</p>
<p>you're very optimistic and simple! i like it. where did you get into?</p>
<p>BC, Cornell, Dartmouth, Drew, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, MIT, Princeton, TCNJ, Tufts, Williams, and Yale</p>
<p>Yes, it seem like a high GPA (and hard course load) is slightly more important than high SAT scores. Here's why I think that's the case:</p>
<p>If you have a high GPA with hard courses, but didn't do so well on the SAT, the adcomm might think you don't test very well.</p>
<p>If you have high SAT scores but lower GPA, the adcomm will think you're smart but lazy (or not applying yourself in the classroom setting correctly).</p>
<p>Which sounds better? I think all colleges want people who will contribute a lot in the classroom as opposed to doing well on standardized tests.</p>
<p>Doesn't mean board scores aren't important, though.</p>
<p>wow that's awesome,, and still you didn't even stress over the applications? wow.</p>
<p>well said lewisloftus</p>
<p>Well, when everyone's giving an "opinion" on this topic, it seems more vague to me now as to whether or not colleges weigh SATs over GPA or the vise versa. Well, here are some facts you may want to consider to help everyone out on this topic. According to a former harvard admissions staff, who is currently working as an education counsellor at Ivy Success, the so called "trivial" ivy college admissions process nowadays is actually "not so trivial at all." Every piece of information from every applicant is carefully reviewd and graded on "point scale system" among the 15 areas most colleges are looking for. Now you guys are currently talking about the weight of GPA and SAT scores, and according to this system provided by the counsellor, both of them weigh somewhat the same amount. Average GPA and SAT scores only occupy at most 25% of the entire admissions process. The other 75% of your admissions procedure goes to ECs (+10 to 30 points), essays, letters of recommendations, URM Status (-3 points for Asians, +5 points for int'ls), unusual/extraordinary accomplishments (+10 to 40 points, a VERY big chunk, but rare), and VIP/Legacy/family donations (+40 points, but also rare). Basically, every school has a similar system like this one to make initial judgements to catagorize the large chunk of applicants who hasn't met the point system standards, and to shed light and place special attention to applicants who have met these point standards (harvard, usu. over 100 points). Later, the final admissions decisions will be made based on multiple reviews of the specially catagorized applications, and a committee vote in the end.</p>