The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated

Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by PragmaticPulp on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:55PM (#33339264)

> GPA is problematic because not all high schools have access to the elite courses that push a GPA beyond 4.0 and many top schools look for an admission barrier around 4.5

FYI, they rate according to the school's scale. This knowledge is shared.

You don't think they'd notice if every single candidate from specific schools never got higher than a 4.0? :)

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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by Spooky23 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:26AM (#33339809)

They also weight schools differently. Shitty high schools + good scores let you avoid all of those cello lessons.

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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by listenallyall on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @06:15AM (#33341752)

There are thousands of high schools, and for each college, most applications come from a relatively small group (usually based on geography, while for elite schools, a set of top "feeders"). So to answer your question, no, most colleges are only familiar with the scale of a small percentage of schools.

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