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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people are all giving me heartburn. My average kid (3.4 GPA, 6 APs), is sharing her test scores with all the schools she is applying to, which is 1120 on the SAT, plus two AP scores (one 3, one 4). Her counselor said it was the right call. She's applying mostly to schools with 70% admit rates or higher -- JMU, VCU, Mason, Mary Washington, but in most of those places, her scores place her around 25%. Our thinking was that since her grades are also not amazing, the combination together tells schools that's college ready if not a stellar student. She's applying to 9 schools, two of which she has no chance at (William & Mary and Va Tech), but the other 7 are like what I mentioned above.

I think her essay will be decent -- I've not read it, and she's not an amazing writer, but she's working with an essay coach and is on draft 4-5. She wants to major in education. Basically, this is a kid who is college ready, and I feel like should be able to get into a state university.

She's white and we are full-pay. We already submitted the scores, so there's no going back now, but someone tell me what the odds are that she will get in to one of those 7 places? [/quote]

Damn how do you score 1120 in this day and age. Maybe 30 years ago I wouldn’t bat an eye but not now [/quote]

It is a low score. OP, it was a mistake to submit and your college counselor did not give good advice. [/quote]

Good point.

What is the average of the schools she is applying to?  My kid only has a 1220 but the range of the school she is submitting to is 1090 to 1310 so she submitted her not so great SAT.[/quote][/quote]

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