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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This board gives me whiplash.  I just finished reading at least three posts that any high stats kids has no shot at getting into top schools with perfect scores and how every responder’s kid had 35 or 36 and got into only their safeties.

This board made it sound like a 34 could possibly hurt and the guide books were not to be trusted. So forgive me for being confused.

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T[b]he reason it's confusing is because admissions is a crap shoot.  A 34 is a fantastic score, but there are also thousands of kids who get perfect ACT scores (and SAT scores) each year and that doesn't guarantee admission into a USNWR Top X anything.  Withholding a 34 to go test optional against kids who submit a 35 or a 36 isn't a good plan. [/quote][/b]

FWIW, my DD got a 34 and decided to tutor herself and go for a 36.  She did it but I want to be clear it was her decision.  At that point the mid-tier slacs started calling her offering $30K in tuition scholarships.  So if merit is important to you then maybe take it again.   She chose UVA.  FWIW the incoming class last fall at UVA had a 75th percentile of 35.  A 34 was the 50th percentile.  The bototm 25th is a 32.  It sounds crazy but that is the game being played today[/quote]

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