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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]U of Florida?  We checked it in Naviance and the SAT/ACT scores of accepted students from our school are [b]dismally low[/b]. This may be a good college for  weak students but not an academic environment one would aspire for their child.  YIKES!

Certainly not in the same category as U of Mich. [/quote]

Warning, take Naviance with a grain of salt. I am a parent of a Senior. Naviance for our school showed not one student at our W school got accepted at Harvard the last 5 years.  That is one data point that was informative from Naviance.  However, the rest of Naviance doesn't tell the whole story.  For example, this year two students from our high school were accepted at one hard to get into Top 10 school, Naviance doesn't have an asterisk to show they are both legacy kids. In addition, Naviance doesn't have an asterisk to show the 2 students that were accepted at another Top 10 school, one a sports and one an URM hook. Further, Naviance combines at least 5 years of scores and not all kids report their information.  Basically, what I am saying it that Naviance doesn't tell the whole story.

Regarding your snarky "weak student" and YIKES comment, the original poster stated all around good schools, Michigan, Florida and Virginia are not Harvard, Princeton and Yale, but they are still great schools. These schools will have National Merit Scholars and Football/Sports fans, academics and partiers. There is a niche for all students.

I hope you and your DC don't end up disappointed, I know lots of students waited listed with strong scores at Michigan this year that didn't get accepted.

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