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What do colleges look at the most: GPA, SAT scores, or overall grades?

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Answer #1

Its depends on the college but they do look at all of them, its best to do well on all of them to get in a good college, and medical school, or law school, etc.

Answer #2

Colleges really take all of those things into account. They look at your ACT or SAT but they also look at your GPA and overall grades because it’s a measure of your work over the past four years which is more accurate than a one-time test (colleges with tougher admissions will notice if you did well on your ACT but not so well in school-they may even interpret it as laziness). Schools that are a little tougher to get into also look at how involved you were in school, such as with student government or sports. One school I applied to even required an interview about my high school performance. It does vary from college to college, but it’s safer to assume that all of these are important.

Answer #3

Each school has its own policies but in my experience most schools view high school GPA as a better predictor of academic success in college.

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