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[quote=Anonymous][quote]NMSFs are the top 1% of PSAT takers. So having 15% of students as NMSFs seems like a good performance. I suspect a very high percentage of the class at most of these schools is in the 90th percentile and above. Also for those of you who have kids this age - the difference between 95 and 99th percentiles on the PSATs can literally be a question or two.

And for you supercritical people - how many of you were NMSFs? I wasn't and I went to one of the big 3. In fact 90% of my class wasnt either including many kids who went to ivy league schools. NMSFs don't seem to be the only predictor of success. [/quote]

Precisely, admission to Ivy league was never purely based on these tests or even academic performance.  There are other attractive qualities to the Ivy league including crew, lacrosse, squash, debating, feeding elite private institutions, social registry status, money, pedigree and legacy.  Your story prooves the point.  I am not so sure present day STA graduates will have as easier a time entering Ivy as you and your friends may have had.

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