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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]For those of you who think 90th percentile is a good benchmark for top schools,[/b] like the Ivy League or Stanford or MIT, where do you draw the line? The parents of 85th percentile kids probably think the difference between 90th and 85th percentile is meaningless. And the parents of 80th percentile kids, 75th percentile kids etc would also feel differently. Is it just that you don’t believe tests reveal anything?[/quote]
Just to clarify, 
NO ONE on here except OP has tried to say 90th%ile is a benchmark for top schools. It is far below the 25th%ile, even pre test optional. The average student at ivy/plus is 99th %ile. So 99th%ile is the benchmark, 98th as the lowest reasonable bar that  is reasonable as a possible acceptance AND a decent chance of getting near average in most majors.[b] 90th%ile is well below average at UVa, William and Mary. It is however a reasonable benchmark for many schools in the top 50-100.[/b]
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As discussed there are fewer than 40k students that are 90th+ percentile. Average freshman class size starting with top schools - around 1300 maybe? So top 25-30 ranked schools have enough space for the top 10%. No, William and Mary is not aspirational for 90th percentile students.[/quote]

There are around 2.5 million freshman starting college each year so top 10% is more like 250,000 students[/quote]

This. 90th percentile SAT makes William and Mary and UVA a bit of a reach. Look at pre-test optional ranges which confirms 1350 is not a wow score for those schools, and puts one below average[/quote]

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