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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course they are prestigious.  Even more so than Ivy schools.

You must have top academic record AND be top athlete AND get a congressional nomination, AND not have any (documented) medical issues including anxiety, depression, adhd, allergies, AND Abe physically and mentally resiliant

This is the equivalent of a unicorn among today’s teens.[/quote]

No SAT average for West Point is only 1270 [/quote]

Where are you getting that number from?  According to West Point's Common Data Set, the 25/75 SAT range is 1220/1440.  That doesn't average out to be 1270 -- it's 1330.[/quote]

Dunno where OP got it, but the current IPEDS says this:

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	600	700
SAT Math	600	740

Midpoint between the two is 1320, but the actual data distribution could certainly pull the average well below that. [b]From their perspective, some low-scoring students are too valuable to lose[/b].[/quote]
Maybe they're fulfilling some need in the makeup of the incoming class? Like at other schools, the classes won't automatically be filled with the applicants with the highest stats. [/quote]

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