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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. The piece about test score matching is so interesting to me.

I’ve always dismissed the idea that test scores were a legit predictor of college performance. I’ve viewed them more as an indicator of a kid’s ability to excel at standardized tests, plus their access/commitment to good test prep. (I say this as someone who had excellent test scores but struggled at my top-tier college (probably due to lack of preparation at my relatively easy HS) and then excelled in grad school (no doubt due to the rigor of my college experience.))

So … as DC builds their list of schools, maybe we should be paying closer attention to where their SAT scores fall in the distribution for each schoo? Not just to try to predict admissions, but also to consider fit and college experience. What do others think? DC will still apply to reaches, of course. But if they end up accepted somewhere where their SAT is at the lower end of the range, that may be an indicator of their fit/success at that school. (I’m thinking about college grades but also about other opportunities - their connections with classmates and professors, extracurriculars and internships etc.)

Thoughts? Others’ experiences with this?

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Look at pre-TO ranges of enrolled students, found on CDS 2019-2020. That is the group of freshman on campus 2019. If the kid wants stem/premed they should be above the median, ideally closer to the 75th%ile,  or they have little chance of beating the curves in the stem classes. Humanities matters too but the median class grade in many humanities classes is A-(3.7), whereas in stem it is B(3.0). At the very top tier schools a 3.6 premed gpa is ok, at all others it needs to be 3.8 minimum. All things being equal. 
Dartmouth, yale, cornell, Mit and many others have come out on record saying they have the data showing test scores matter, for student success. [/quote]

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