<p>You hear all the time how test scores aren’t everything, but they sure seem like they are to us! Help</p>
<p>this is true for ADMISSIONS, but it is very often true for merit. (and this isn’t just true for large publics) A school’s ranking is affected by its reporting numbers of the SAT and ACT for middle quartiles. So, schools will pay to get those with high test scores on campus, because it helps their reporting numbers.</p>
<p>There really are just too many kids with high GPAs alone. Schools today will report that half their incoming frosh classes have A averages. So, schools have to use test scores for “down selection” when it comes to merit.</p>