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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How have they done in college? I’m a little nervous that if DD gets in, she may struggle more there academically. High school grades, resume etc are good but it has taken her a lot of work to get there. I don’t know if she can sustain that, in an even more competitive environment. I wonder if it’s better not to go to the “best” college one gets into - big fish small pond etc.

On the other hand, I hear a lot about grade inflation so maybe I should not worry about this. [/quote]

What is her SAT score?  If she has 1550+ I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[b]I am not saying kids don't have a high test score necessarily wouldn't do well.  
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I am saying if she has a high score, the predictive power is high in general.  [/quote]

This is plain wrong!

Of course there is a direct correlation between the test scores and the college performance.  There is no need to sugar coat it.  Every test required college has evidence after evidence of this.  It’s nice to experiment a few years of test optional.  Until they realize they are getting kids who need remedial math and can’t read a book!  [/quote]

I work with a couple of other physicians in a med school consultation service in the general DMV area though we have a growing group of NJ residents. Most students who come to us have MCAT 490-519; the true high scorers (520+) do not need us. Many of us have colleagues with grown children who went to med school: we collect data on those high scorers and their application success, but are rarely hired by them. 
The most common undergrad schools we see are the virginia publics but we have a variety including UGA Clemson Duke Hopkins and even some ivies.
Yes there is a direct correlation between SAT and GPA, but score is not enough to predict success fully. The most common score range is 1420-1480. Some have been gutted by premed classes (mostly Cs and Bs in stem/premed courses) at w&m and uva while others are cruising through with 3.8+. Note a 3.8+ at these schools is around top 1/3, though at ivy and even JHU it is around average). The SAT is not able  to separate students in the 93-98%ile range who are able to assimilate knowledge and apply it quickly from those who cannot. That being said, no one with 1530+ seems to have difficulty even in settings where the peer group is much more challenging than Wm or UVA, such as Ivies/Duke/JHU.  1530+ almost always have 3.8+ even at top schools, most have 3.9+. And their MCATs are typically over 515. I agree with PP there seems to be positive predictive power above a certain score. [/quote]

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