<p>Although admissions is unpredictable, most successful applicants have their SAT score and GPA in sync. If you have a 4.0, but a low SAT that raises a red flag. Did the applicant just have a bad test day? Why didn’t they re-take the test? Is the applicant’s high school not that rigorous because they have a low SAT and are the valedictorian or salutatorian? It just opens up a lot of questions.</p>