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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD was in a similar position. She had gotten a 1350. I was happy with that; she wasn’t. She studied very hard — too hard — the summer before her junior year and broke 1500. She  got in everywhere she applied but, more than that, she got a full ride (!) at a T10 school. I am convinced that would not have happened without the high SAT score. So doing well on that stupid test can make a huge difference. It’s worth the extra study and cost of prep if she applies herself. It’s worth hundreds of thousands actually. [/quote]

Was this recently?  I was under the impression T10 schools don’t give full scholarships. [/quote]

T10 does give full scholarships, but it is entirely need-based.  They don't provide any merit scholarships.  Duke and Stanford of course do provide athletic scholarships, but maybe only Duke has merit scholarships (but also I believe will provide full need-based aid).

PP is leaving out something important.  Duke isn't giving a kid a full-ride merit scholarship because of a 1500 SAT.  Either PP's kid was a recruited athlete (doubtful as imagine she would have mentioned that) or had something amazing about her application to get that merit aid or likely falls into an income bracket whereby just getting accepted gets you a full scholarship.[/quote]

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