25th Percentile: What It Means for Your Kid’s College Admissions Chances?

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UMD and UVA

DC admitted UVA EA last year with a 1390 (I think that’s around the 25th percentile). Naviance showed strong chances of admission with that score and GPA, and DC also thought the assumption would be that an unreported score was lower.

Good luck!

I do not believe this. Don't listen to this, OP.

Have you lost your mind?

to the PP: Very in line with what I saw at FCPS public. On Naviance I can clearly see 2 1230-1200 SAT 4.2-4.0s (albeit in a sea of red) who were accepted to UVA. Why are people so delusional?

They probably applied TO or had some other hook. If your kid is vanilla unhooked don’t think this will apply.

[Anonymous]

My ds submitted his scores everywhere even if he was at the 25th percentile or slightly below. He’s applying for a humanities major and has perfect English/reading scores, his overall score is strong, and if he’s rejected for having a lower math subscore, so be it. He’s proud of his scores and I’m so tired of this game playing with score submissions. I wish schools were test blind or test required, no in between.

[Anonymous]

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DD got into her ED school. She submitted her score, which was on the 25th percentile. It's a school where about 60% of kids submit...if you look at the 2019 Common Data Set, the same score was higher than the median.

Hope that helps.

This is the correct way to assess, and what our private school has recommended the past couple cycles, to look at the 2019 /2020 CDS and if your kid's score is at or above that 25th %ile bar then submit unless the school has specifically given guidance not to.