SATs power?

Hey i was wondering are there any top schools and relatively good schools, accepting International Students on the basis of SATs and Essays only.

Got a friend who got 2400 and around 2200 (IIC, Physics & Chem) but really poor high school results - mostly D’s and E’s except in Maths, General paper(English for high school students under the UK system) & Physics in which he got A.

Anyone got admitted on the basis of SAT results only, kindly help if u got any info?

<p>GPA and class rank are usually more important than SATs except in a few schools.</p>