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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For applicants from this area who go to the top privates and Arlington/Montgomery Country high schools, a 28 in the ACT is below average.  A 28 would likely be in the 25% range for UVA which also means it is below average.  There is no way that 28 ACT is 50th percentile for UVA or UCLA.

I'm grateful that we were a full-pay family as it may well have contributed to the admissions.  Similarly, the IB diploma could also have been a factor.  Either way, I think people who told OP that her child had no shot at the schools she mentioned were doing her a disservice.  While it may be difficult, strengths in other areas can compensate for mediocre Math scores.

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The whole reason schools report the 25/75 range is because they recognize that test scores are an axe and not a scalpel.  [b]If your daughter is in state Virginia, a 28 on the Math SAT[/b] and a 33 on the English is plenty, plenty good and NOT below average  [/quote]

No, it isn't.  The median percentile composite score of the entering class of 2017 (entering stats are lower than accepted stats) is a 33; median is a 32; and the bottom 25th median percentile is a 29.  The math scores are 35 for top quartile; median at 33 and lower 25% of the class at 30.   A 28 is bottom of  the entering class at UVA, which might work if OP's student was a URM, low-income, first-generation, international or superstar, but still unlikely.  http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp
. The scores for entering class of 2018, when available, are reported to be even higher.
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