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The Washington Post article above (21:32) is about a young man with a 2270 SAT score who did not get accepted at JMU. Unfortunately, he had a 3.4 GPA. Even considering that this happened back before FCPS had changed its grading policies, a high SAT score just can not make up for a lower GPA. [/quote]

it's true; you need both. But it can just as easily go the other way, low SAT and good grades won't get you there either.[/quote]

[b]Lots of schools make the SAT or ACT optional.[/b] If you went to a high school (as opposed to homeschooling), you need to send in your transcript. It is not optional. A transcript that shows great grades in a highly challenging curriculum is what colleges see as the most important aspect of an application.

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I have looked at a list of these schools. They are not impressive. All of the good ones still require it. Maybe (hopefully) they will drop it, but that appears to be aways off in the future.  BTW, the ACT is regarded as a fairer test.  These are needed to give a more complete picture than grades, since some schools hand those out like candy and are not always demanding enough to predict success in college.[/quote]

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