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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With so much talk about colleges that TO, even Dartmouths with only 1/3 submitting as the rest likely scoring under 1450 if they had submitted...[b]which colleges have a majority student body of say 1540 SAT without heavy prepping? [/b]

Our DC got 1540 with some self prep and no tutoring. We know she doesn't belong in a MIT, Caltech, Chicago type genius schools full of high scoring geniuses, but so many T30 seem to have at least 1/2 scoring under 1500. Which colleges have majority who could score in mid-1500 without tutoring and superscoring?[/quote]

You do you, but I consider this a silly pursuit.

SAT scores are only one part of the equation, of course. They're a measure of many things, including how good a kid is at taking that type of a test. Some kids are naturally good (or already prepared!) for that exercise by the time they take the test. Others are not or require practice to get to the same place (1540 in your example.)

But beyond that point, I think that it hilariously narrow to define your DC's ideal classmates as those who scored a 1540 on the SAT in one sitting without tutoring.

(And before you dismiss me as someone who is bitter because my kid is not x, y, or z, I will share that DC scored a 1570 in one sitting, though they also did some tutoring and self-study before taking the test.)

Again, you do you.[/quote]

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