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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it’s surprising or newsworthy or forward-thinking to suggest that $200k families don’t/wont/can’t pay $400k for Villanova or Tulane? [/quote]

Yes, because just a year ago those schools didn’t cost entirely that much. Tipping point reached.[/quote]

Yes. Also test-optional makes these schools much less attractive. It’s one thing to stretch, financially, when telling yourself that your kid will be among his intellectual peers. Iron sharpens iron and all that. But if only 15% of students are reporting scores … what are you paying for, again? You can get a mix of students, including some very strong ones, at the flagship. [/quote]

This. 100%.

https://www.tiktok.com/@supertutortv/video/7327004377451957547?lang=en[/quote]

A 1300 is still ~90th percentile. There's a lot of such students at the "non Ivy plus" schools to begin with.

TO doesn't mean "dumb."

A goofy lady on tik Tik Tok isn't very persuasive.[/quote]

+100
I've seen some of her videos and used to think she might know something but this one tells me she knows nothing like the rest of us and just speculating. There's literally no difference in student caliber going from an approximately 90th percentile score to the 95th percentile score she's advocating to send, the colleges themselves would tell you that.[/quote]

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