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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting in what sense?  There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.  [/quote]

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the [b]1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA[/b] is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.[/quote]

I believe that's the top 1% of college applicants. [/quote]

Test score wise, for the T20 or so the DCUM crowd covets, 1500 is commonplace. 1550+ is the separator for the "top 1%"

You already know about weighted GPAs, AP classes, etc.

4.0 is quite common.[/quote]

According to College Board, a score of 1450 is still top 1%. Here's an interesting list of colleges by median SAT percentile that shows that most people's perception of the differences between top colleges is pretty skewed.

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/page/3/
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That is why your kid will be just fine at a school with an average 1400 SAT score.  Still really smart people, in some cases equally smart, the kids just didn't have the $$$ to spend on endless test prep and instead focused on enjoying HS and actually learning for the fun of learning. My own kid hit 1490 with 4 hours of test prep and said "I'm done".  Sure, another 20 hours of intense prep might have gotten 1540+, but at what cost (financially and mentally/emotionally)?  Still going to a T30 school that is the perfect fit for them and much happier that last summer wasn't spent in SAT test prep[/quote]

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