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I find this so interesting given Harvard has now come out saying that scores are more indicative than gpa as to how students do as undergraduates. It is on their admission page as an explanation why they now require scores again. Wondering why the non-top ten SLACs would not want a kid with a very high score like 35 to raise the average? As the average scores impact school rankings, for better or worse, so what the focus on gpa when it isn’t published and not a clear indicator of ability given the various schools, classes, teachers that impact the grades for one individual vs another? Do the schools not compile an AI (Academic Index) anymore? If so then a 35/36 would help a “lower” gpa, no? [/quote]

They don't want someone to lower their GPA metrics while raising test metrics, while plenty of students can do both. [/quote]
Yes, if you are speaking about a school like MIT or elsewhere that requires tests and the average is 35 but that isn’t true if we are talking about a school with the average ACT is 31, with now only half submitted tests with applications. 
I doubt OP thinks that MIT, etc or another top 30 school is on the table.
Also they don’t share the gpa metric. At least not on CDS. [/quote]

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