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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your school have Naviance? It's an online program that shows graphs, with SATs on one axis and GPA on the other axis, representing how kids from your school have done at dozens (or hundreds, depending on your school) of colleges. Bear in mind that Naviance won't give you all the info, for example that outlier with SATs of 1800 got in because he was recruited as quarterback, in order to protect kids' privacy. Still, Naviance is probably the best info you'll get anywhere.

The Fiske Guide and colleges' own websites usually show SAT scores. If your kid is at the 26th pctile then the college is a reach. 75th pctile generally means a good shot, except at the most competitive colleges where it's basically a roll of the dice.

Another source of info is www.collegeconfidential.com.  Do NOT get sucked into the "Chance Me" threads, where super-anxious kids give their stats and ask random and often ill-informed strangers to estimate their "chances" at a given college. Instead, go to the Results threads (e g, Results 2018) to see who got in, who was wait listed and who was rejected.

Very generally, Ivies, Ivy-like colleges and top SLACs want SATs of 2200. Maybe 2100 with hooks or an astounding achievement in some EC.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks for the advice. I just checked Naviance. DS has 3.75 gpa, good private school. Hamilton is fine with DS's scores, not a reach at all, according to Naviance.

But I still don't understand these SAT scores. Does this mean DS has an SAT of 1950? That seems like a very so-so score. If his writing score were 700, then he'd have a 2100 SAT, which according to Naviance data for his school, wouldn't get him into any of the top SLACs, like Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin.

He wants an East Coast SLAC. Bard? Dickenson? Is Lehigh considered a SLAC? It's not that large!

I'll look at college confidential.

I'm really confused by the college search process these days! I applied to three colleges way back when... All are completely out of reach for DS, yet back then I got in easily with worse grades and worse scores. [/quote]

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