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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]

OP, FWIW my DC had a 1600 SAT, 4.0 UW GPA, 10 APs, and lots of ECs, and went to a LAC ranked in the 30s, where DC had lots of opportunities to shine including paid research, paid internships, a one-on-one class with a professor who specialized in a field of interest, and lots more.  DC is now in grad school (fully funded PhD program) at an Ivy League school and doing great.

It's about your DC and his capabilities and where he'll do well.  When I was at your stage of the process, I didn't fully believe that, but I certainly do now.[/quote]

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