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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If[b] kid is interested in UVA, done with SAT. If kid wants top 20 USNWR school, take again.[/quote][/b]

I don't agree. UVA Parent here.  UVA has gotten very difficult to get into, especially if you are applying from No. Virginia.  OP's scores are spectacular but UVA, like every other school, reports their stats - 255 in my DD's class of 2020 had perfect SAT scores.  93% of her class were in the top 10% of their class.  DD's gpa was 4.05.  She received a 34 on her first ACT and SHE (not us) wanted to retake and did and got a perfect 36.  Did that make a difference?  I can't tell you.  College admissions is now so quirky.  What I can tell you that is you have a perfect score it does make a difference in reporting for some schools (to push themselves up the U.S. News & World Report and other listings).  Also DD received many unsolicited scholarships from schools we had never heard of because these schools buy the lists of kids who have top scores and then contact them, usually by phone.  If that's important to you, then maybe a retest.  But only if your child wants to do it. [/quote]

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