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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Better to have a low test score than a GPA lower than 3.75UW. They say our kids shouldn't stress about grades -- then they make it ALL about grades. You can't have a bad day or a bad year because your 1500 SAT won't make up for those Bs even if was in AP classes. [/quote]
 This is why TO should go away. Someone who has a UW3.6 but took high rigor classes and gets a 1560 on SAT belongs in a elite college, someone who has a UW4.0 but took easier classes , or has grade inflation, and gets a 1290 does not.[/quote]

+1,000,000[/quote]

The vast majority of kids with a 4.0, not rigorous HS courses and a 1290 going TO is NOT getting into T20 schools.  For people who are "so smart" you seem to have a difficult time understanding math---if there are 40K applications for 2K spots, and the school accepts 3K to get the yield they need, that means a 7% acceptance rate and 93% are getting rejected.  That means  many many many many highly qualified kids are gonna get rejected.

What it does mean though is that a kid with a 1490/1500 and rigorous course load and good gpa makes the cut just the same as your 1560 kid.  Your kid doesn't get a bump for being 60-70 points higher on the SAT.  [/quote]

Agree. Test scores will go down. Once you reach the 25% threshold, the score itself is not determinative of anything.[/quote]

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