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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the early 90s multiple mid to lower tier students at my private went to USC, Vandy, BC, BU and UCSB. Six kids from my class went to Stanford, different times for sure. [/quote]

I got into 4 ivies and Stanford in the late 90s. If you knew me, that would tell you everything you need to know about the changing landscape for admissions.[/quote]

Likewise. I was admitted to MIT RD with a 1440 and was only in the top 5-10% of my class. A good student, but not exceptional. More surprisingly, Carnegie Mellon -- a school to which I had not applied -- called me (I was a NMSF) and over the phone offered me admission plus merit money (IIRC it was $5-7K.) I said I had to think about it and they called me again the next day.[/quote]

My sister went to Vanderbilt because she was the lazy one in our family.  I think she got around 1100 on her SAT's?[/quote]

Vanderbilt median SAT scores were significantly below UVA and W&M when I was applying.  Now it is significantly above.[/quote]

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