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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]960 is a SAT score in the range where you should *very* seriously consider not sending him to a four year college, or at the very least have something concrete and vocational in mind.

Do NOT send your child to a college where the average student has a 1050 or higher. Every course involving substantial material would be too cognitively demanding -- and this includes for kids who don't test well due to anxiety or special needs or mental quirks or whatever, because any stressors become worse in college.

Note that all the parents talking about their academic successes with a SAT of 1050 or whatever, are talking about their scores on the old SAT, which was around 150 points more difficult. So that person with a 1050 actually would've had a something more like a 1200.

If you are not going into debt for your child's education and you are pretty sure there's a practical reason to send him to college, then you need to look at colleges where somewhere close to 960 is the median. And note that many of these colleges have graduation rates under 50%, because much of their student base either can't hack it or realizes that college isn't for them.

For many of these schools with compatible SAT scores, GPA is also lower than 3.5; if your child's GPA is relatively uninflated, then hopefully it's a sign that your child's work ethic can power through and he can at least get a degree.

Schools in this range include:

SCHOOL , STATE , 6 -Year Grad Rate
Frostburg State, MD, 59.5%
Fairleigh Dickinson, NJ, 48%
UVA College at Wise,VA, 45.8%
Georgian Court, NJ, 47.7%
Longwood, VA, 68%
Wheeling Jesuit, WV, 63%,
Gardner Webb,NC, 48%
Marymount,VA, 53.5%
Barton College, NC, 51.6%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, 55.9%

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This post is garbage horseshit!!!!

My DD had an extremely low SAT on the first try, like 1010, and she's at a HYPSM school now!!!

Get over your insane obsession with test scores will ya? [/quote]

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