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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Wrong. It is very close. The actual testing difference between the 1550 and 1380 is a few questions on one test on one day.  Also, the BOTTOM of the top quartile is 1383. So at a very small school, over 3000 students reported SAT scores that were at or above the top 8% of test takers. Honestly, what are you fretting about? Do you really think the 4.5 kid with 1383 and the 4.5 kid with 1550 are significantly different in the classroom? Your kid will not be the smartest student there -- and so what if they are? Great opportunities will come their way. [/quote]

NOPE
1380 and 1550 is a big difference in admission and colleges probably think that.  Sorry.[/quote]

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