Thanks!
I went through several searches, actually, but none of the wording in your initial post came up in this thread, and the title is...well, it doesn't sound as if it would be discussing individual schools' selection criteria, at all.
Considering that I've been on SDN for several years now and frequently am the person who searches out and reposts gems from well-respected posters such as yourself and other adcoms to save them the effort when they're asked the same question repeatedly...I know how to use the search function. In this particular instance, it wasn't an easy thread to find from the information provided.
I don't plan on relying on any particular school, but the concept of being viewed as a 4.0/40 student ('she has good stats!') as compared to a 3.3/40 student ('why is her gpa so low? Should we worry?') is appealing.
Thanks again for pointing me in that direction!