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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]God, please no more. So tired of "privates are not about test scores" BS. Yeah, I get it. Your kid who scores 1100 on SAT is somehow doing better than kids who scored 1500 on SAT from public. [/quote]

No one is saying that a student from a private school with 1100 SAT is "better" than a public school student with 1500s.  But among students scoring in the top 1, 2 or 5%, the scores tell you very little about academic preparation or intellectual development. The SAT may be very good at sorting out those in the top tier from those in the middle tiers, but it doesn't sort out those in the top tier at all.

FWIW, DC was a 99% SAT scorer back in 7th grade. If colleges took 4 year old scores, I would tell her not to her take it again. She goes to a private school because I want her to get an education that goes beyond the basic algebra and reading comprehension in the SAT.  If you think a good score on the SAT or ACT is all it takes to be a well-educated thinker, then you're doing a disservice to your child. [/quote]

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