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[quote=pbraverman][quote=Anonymous]Any thoughts on what schools would take a boy with a 75th percentile overall on the SSAT, and grades of As and Bs.

Thank you.  We may have aimed too high, and I'm belatedly wondering if I'm too late to apply to more schools.

I wish it were like college where you can see the range of what scores and grades the schools admit.

TIA[/quote]

Like most standardized tests, the SSAT measures the ability to process logical and verbal information — presented visually — quickly. It is a good skill to have and usually correlates with how long it will take your son to complete academic tasks, such as homework (per the above, um, discussion). There are many other skills that contribute to success, both in school and afterwards, and those are also important to schools. That's the reason that test scores by themselves are only one factor in the process.

Test scores DO correlate roughly with offers of admission — in admission, higher is always better (higher scores, higher grades, higher income). I am only saying that test scores by themselves are not a great gauge; no school will take a student just because his scores are ten percentile points higher than those of another applicant.

That said, I am not familiar with any school in the DC area that will categorically reject an applicant because SSAT scores in the 75th percentile are not strong enough.

Peter
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