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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So your DC had every measure, CR, M, and W, all over 700, and they were W/L at Vandy?  What does a child need to get in?[/quote]

Luck.

SAT scores are not a definitive indicator of admissions at any school with holistic admissions - and most privates and a fair amount of publics use holistic admissions. You could get rejected from Harvard with a 2400. Vandy might not be Harvard, but the same thing applies. SAT scores are used to see if the applicant can handle the work and not much besides that. They use it to decide between "No" and "Maybe". To get a "Yes" you need to be lucky and hope the admissions officer decides s/he likes what s/he sees on your application.

The only real way to get into the top schools is to make it so if you are rejected, they will not find someone to replace you. They try to build a diverse class out of the many different types of people who apply. If you have similar interests and accomplishments as thousands of other qualified applicants, they basically just flip a coin to see which who gets in. It might be you, it might not be you. The less people there are who occupy the same interest niche as you, the better chance of getting in you have. [/quote]

+1. Luck plays a bigger role than the colleges will acknowledge.  Most of the top schools are getting 10s of thousands of apps with SATs over 2100.  There is no way to sort throughout that many qualified applicants with tiny admissions staffs.

There is even a fair amount of luck on the SAT itself.  Few questions separate a 730 and a 780. Those scores are usually both 99%tile.[/quote]

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