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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate to overstate the obvious but….why on earth would one want their student to be at a college where their SAT is below the 25th percentile? This presumes no one in their right mind applies TO if they have median+ scores. Truly though, why try for a school where around 3/4 of admitted students are above the student’s score? That seems a recipe for disaster. [/quote]

Not always below the 25%….
My kid didn’t submit a 33. 
Which is many schools’ 25%.
He got into an Ivy.

Things will return back to earth in 2 years once more people report scores.[/quote]

But how will they do at that ivy? 
I have a kid at an ivy and another at a different T10. The self esteem issues build fast for kids who are not able to compete well with the average kids. Maybe it matters less with humanities but it matters for stem and premed. Mine are crushing it. Mine were not TO and not below median. Imposter syndrome is real and TO has magnified it. Be careful. Pre-TO a 33 was not median at ivies. [/quote]

Are you Indian? [/quote]

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