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[quote=Anonymous]My son (a current senior) got a 1380 as well (only a 670 math) his one and only time taking the SAT, and that was after he took a prep course. This score is in the 92% percentile for all test takers, so I'm not sure why you'd consider it a low score, it's a good score. It's 100 points better than the average score was from kids at his school (one of the top publics in our state) on that test date.

My son is submitting that score to every school he's applying to, because it's better than expected for his GPA, and better than his school's average. And because he's not applying for STEM subjects.

Our school is full of boys like this--sporty, good grades, good scores, not sure what they want to be. They go to either our state flagship, OOS flagships like Penn State or VT or South Carolina if they want more of a sports culture, or to the more bro-ish small schools like Lafayette and Bucknell. Consider business, sports management, sports marketing maybe? Sociology is a good suggestion. Or maybe a construction management or an engineering technology degree (like the degrees at Purdue Polytechnic--it's a college at the main Purdue campus) if he enjoys working with his hands? Or maybe some type of communications?

He can look at LACs if he's interested in a smaller school, but it's not necessary to go to a LAC just because he's undecided. Lots of students change their major and many come in undecided. He could also look at big state schools and just apply to the broadest college at the school (usually called "College of Arts and Sciences" or similar) so that he has a lot of options for a major. If he's a sports fan he might prefer a D1 school with a sports culture over a LAC.

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