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[quote=Anonymous]I'm just saying that admissions are really tough.  Students with B averages and middling SATs don't get into top 25 or top 30 schools - especially girls - unless there are other criteria (recruited athletes, URM, legacy admissions) at play.  My child was a varsity athlete with decent extracurriculars, had a 95+ weighted average, 8 APs and a 2060 on the SAT.  With the exception of one school to get a "yes" from any of the dozen or so colleges my child applied to required SAT scores at  or above the 75% mark as listed in the 2011 Princeton Review.  BTW I have no vested interest in Bucknell (SAT scores at the top of middle 50% band or roughly at the 75% mark are 2090) and my child didn't apply there. I elaborate here because when we go through this with our next child I will be much more savvy about how to look at the stats offered up by the Princeton Review or Fiske) and realize that to get into a top 25 or 30 school some kind of A average and board scores at the 75% mark in addition to athletics and extracurriculars are required.[/quote]

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