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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should recenter the sat to bring the scores down again so a 1500 or 1600 is more meaningful.  There’s too much compression at the top.  Grades are so random, even within a school.  My kid has a math teacher where only one kid in class got an A but the other teacher for same class gave mostly As.  [/quote]
This is why standardized testing is better than looking at GPAs.

Grading is subjective; test scores are not.

My kid got a 1580, 4.0 uwgpa, but got deferred/rejected from top schools, even though on paper, they were target schools.

They got into the in state school for a very competitive program. I was happy with it, but DC was not. I think even kids don't realize what a crapshoot college admissions is these days.[/quote]

Some kids are smart kids but don't test well.  It needs to be a combination of things.

The other thing to factor in is each college will only take in so many kids from each high school.  If you are at a "better" high school where the majority of kids are similar to yours, your odds of getting in lessen.[/quote]

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