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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting in what sense?  There is literally nothing here that isn't discussed on this forum on a daily basis.  [/quote]

Yet the DCUM crowd ( my UMC suburban FCPS kid with the [b]1500 SAT and 4.0 GPA[/b] is awesome!) still chases the fool's gold.

I guess it's like playing the lottery.[/quote]

I believe that's the top 1% of college applicants. [/quote]

Test score wise, for the T20 or so the DCUM crowd covets, 1500 is commonplace. 1550+ is the separator for the "top 1%"

You already know about weighted GPAs, AP classes, etc.

4.0 is quite common.[/quote]

According to College Board, a score of 1450 is still top 1%. Here's an interesting list of colleges by median SAT percentile that shows that most people's perception of the differences between top colleges is pretty skewed.

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/page/3/
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Ok. Based on this, if a 1450 is still in top 1%, and you have URMs and first gen applicants with the same grades, rigor, ECs, etc. as other impressive applicants, the AO will and should take them over the overrepresented college applicants with 1500. [/quote]

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