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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am OP and the school is not Duke! It is a small liberal arts college, ranked in the 40-50 range. [/quote]

So relieved!  Cuz Duke would have made you certifiably insane!

For the SLAC....
do you mean ranked 40-50 among SLACs? Like DePauw?
or 40-50 among national universities? Like Tulane?

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This is OP. This is a LAC ranked 40-50 among LACs, like a Dickinson. My DC’s stats place them well in the top 25th quartile for said college they like, it is a guess but probably in the top 5-10th percentage if that data was available. Doesn’t the fact you are asking, though, mean that you, too, make some value judgment about relative colleges? [/quote]

Ok---so 25% at Dickinson is 1383 SAT score.  That's still in the 91/91% of all students nationawide.  Not like your kid is picking a school where the 25% is 1000.  The difference between 90 and 98% is minimal.  [/quote]

Op again. DC has above a 1550, so the top quartile of 1383 is not even close. I realize the SAT scores are one small part of a student profile, this is just to give you a sense of my concerns. [/quote]

It's your concern but It appears your DC is not concerned.  Once again, the difference between 91% and 98% is not that much, so I don't really understand your concerns.  I would not be concerned at all.  It's not as if DC wants to attend a school where the average SAT is 1100 (that would give me a bit more reason for concern, as 1100 is 61% and that I feel is a significant difference from 98%). The 1383 is 91 % and is the 25 percentile.  75% of the students score higher.  Just look around you at your job---are you surrounded by people who all got 1580+ on their SATs?  My guess is probably not.  Yet you still function each day successfully at your job with the other people who are good employees.  If your DC thinks it's a good fit, go with it.  A school where most kids are at the 90th percentile is a great school . Suck it up and realize they don't want to attend an elite university---they are smartly picking the right fit for them.  Let them be happy and stop worrying about your bragging rights with friends/family

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