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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.[/quote]

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester."  Especially considering the GPA.[/quote]

I was wondering about this as well, but it's par for the DCUM course:  1%-ers at everything.   [/quote]
Exactly right. Who do you think our kids are competing with/against for the college spots? If you're looking outside the top 50 colleges, your kid will do just fine. [/quote]

There are large numbers involved here though. The College Board shows about 1.6 million seniors take the SATs. So if you are in the 91st percentile that means that 144,000 people did better than you. Even given the fact that some of the largest schools have 50,000+ applicants (UCLA had more than 100,000 last year) those 144,000 kids could make a difference.

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