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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son got 2 questions wrong on the SAT (perfect math score) which in that round was a 1550. He took the SAT when he was only 14 on top of it all. In the end, he got rejected from 75% of the colleges applied to (thanks Covid, TO, and AA) and is finishing up undergrad (triple major) and applying to grad school, which will likely be another blood bath. He is a stand out academic and intern but the road was not paved with gold for him, that is for sure but I know he will be very successful in life becuase he is great at what he does and he loves what he does.  Oh and as for personality, he went to college a friendly introvert and has turned into a pretty bold extrovert. Funny how much they can evolve, even once you think their personality is set.[/quote]

Or maybe your kid didn’t have enough other things going for him beyond a 1550 (which is not _that_ uncommon) to put on his app. People always want to blame everything else (COVID, TO, URMs). They are only so many seats in each class, and admissions officers aren’t distinguishing between people who get a 1520 and a 1560 or whether it’s in one sitting or four.  As you said, it all works out, but I would chock your son’s results up to scarcity.

—signed a parent whose URM kid had the same score in a single sitting before junior year, but who is under no illusions about why he’s not going to HYPS. [/quote]

The PP never said anything about HYPS but Covid and AA were a big factor in college admissions for HS class of '22 and '23 and URM with lesser scores and stats were prioritized. [/quote]

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