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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should recenter the sat to bring the scores down again so a 1500 or 1600 is more meaningful.  There’s too much compression at the top.  Grades are so random, even within a school.  My kid has a math teacher where only one kid in class got an A but the other teacher for same class gave mostly As.  [/quote]
This is why standardized testing is better than looking at GPAs.

Grading is subjective; test scores are not.

My kid got a 1580, 4.0 uwgpa, but got deferred/rejected from top schools, even though on paper, they were target schools.

They got into the in state school for a very competitive program. I was happy with it, but DC was not. I think even kids don't realize what a crapshoot college admissions is these days.[/quote]

Umm, "top schools" are reaches for everyone!  Any thing with an acceptance rate below 20% is a reach.  Plenty of others with similar stats are also rejected, because acceptance rates for most T25 schools are single digits.  They are highly rejective, and yes, most they reject are Highly qualified.  
The mistake is that you think they were "target schools".[/quote]

It’s a dog eat dog world in college admissions. You need to make sure your kids’ application is actually even thoroughly read and review. With the sheer #s and sai, that’s no longer a given.

How can you ensure that happens if no hook (URM, recruit; donor; legacy; faculty)?

1. Private high school that feeds into elite colleges 
2. Personal recommendations sent directly to AO (inflential professors; board members; big donors)
3. Pointy or extremely unique/ unconventional interests and a highly curated or tailored application that is distinct and unique for each college  [/quote]

Let us know if these letters work….I’m hearing more of that at our private.

Maybe it was always there but bc I didn’t have a senior before I wasn’t clued in.

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