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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask your school's college counselor.  Ours said high test scores and low grades can be a warning flag -- but it depends on the applicant. But your counselor will tell you how schools perceive applicants with your child's profile.[/quote]

So would your counselor suggest trying to go for a lower test score more in line with grades?

The ideal is, of course, high scores, high test scores.  But if you "only" have a 3.5 GPA at one of the top schools in the country, I don't think a top test score is going to hurt.  That said, the general point that an extraordinary test score will make less than extraordinary grades stand out is true.  I experienced this first hand in an admissions interview when an assistant dean questioned why my grades were not as high as my older sibling when I had a near perfect SAT score.  I still was admitted - with merit aid - and this was before the US News rankings made high test scores so valuable.

Because every school is different, counselors' advice is only anecdotal at best.  The data is hard to get, but it is clear to me that OP should make sure than her DC provides an explanation for the lower GPA in her essay.[/quote]

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