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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS got 33 on ACT, which according to charts is in the top 1.5%, let’s even say 2%. Then add in SAT takers and say there is some overlap of top scorers so top 3%. There are 3 million college students nationwide in each class. So top 90,000. Or about 90,00 higher ranked by test score. DS has 3.9 uw 4.5 w and I would think average record of APs and ECs. Might be on high end but let’s just say this would not move needle. If Ivy League fills 20,000 of the 90,000 (estimate Brown might be 1,000 but[b] Penn is 4,000[/b]). Then you have those tippy top publics like UNC, Michigan, UCLA, etc filling another 50k. Then add in the likes of Vanderbilt, Rice, Duke and it is well over the 90,000. And this does not even factor in that MANY kids don’t has the support/inclination to go out of state. I just don’t understand how my kid is reach for Middlebury, Emory, Wake Forest, USC, etc. Where do all the students come from? I get there are Athletes and legacies without the stats but it just doesn’t add up to me.  I also get the test score is not the be all end all - but are there really kids with more APs than 10 and 4.0 with lower test score that is skewing this number. I am missing something in the math as to how it is possible for my DS to be shut out of top 30 (has not happened yet) but courteous for insight.[/quote]

Penn’s freshman class is about 2,400 kids not 4,000[/quote]

Wait, if she's in the 98.5 percentile she's in the same percentile as the SATer's in 98.5, right? I'm assuming the spread is basically the same for both tests (no idea, I took SAT). So it would still be 1.5% of the nationwide total. [/quote]

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