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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2.2 million HS class of 2020 students took the SAT: https://reports.collegeboard.org/sat-suite-program-results

A 1500 puts you in the 98 percentile: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/understanding-sat-scores.pdf

Even if the top 15-20 universities (us news university rankings) accepted only those with 1500 or higher there are simply not enough enrollment slots to accommodate everyone based on that score alone.

The seemingly random nature of admissions for top students with high scores occurs because often those same students tend to have similarly high GPAs. If you can’t just rely on SATs and GPAs to fill out every enrollment slot at the top schools then you are left muddling through soft factors and other random activities that might catch and admissions counselors eye.

The top 10 elite universities should be considered reaches for all but a select few. Most DCUM DC are probably not one of these select few no matter how great we think they are.  A “safety” school for someone with the stats that are generally competitive for HYS isn’t Penn, Brown, Duke, Williams or even Amherst. Those are elite schools that draw a large pool of elite applicants.

And you can’t simply go down the list to the 3rd or 4th top ranked  liberal arts schools and say that is a  “safety” based on SAT alone. That is because you aren’t the first genius to think of that and because they are so tiny. Colby has a first year enrollment of only 500! They have a vested interest and the time to try to create a class of admits who will actually attend and achieve the perfect harmony of interests they envision for that year.

A true safety (guaranteed admit) for someone in DMV would be a school like VT or College Park. Schools where they really  should get in are those with bigger class sizes like UVA or a Georgetown.

It’s not rocket science if you are realistic in your expectations.

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Great, can you explain why my daughter with a 35 ACT (99th percentile) currently sits on the VT waitlist?[/quote]

+2 And my 33 ACT sits on a WL at Syracuse [/quote]

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