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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. But from DMV 1490 is nothing special. [/quote]

A 1490 is something special.

It is higher than the average test score at the top private schools in DC. For most of them, it is significantly higher than the average:

https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/

Heck, it's close to the average at Thomas Jefferson, which is often ranked as the "best" public high school in the United States:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings
 
    It is also in the top 1-2% of all test takers on planet earth.

In and of itself, it is not a golden ticket. Every institution in the top 20 or 30 is a reach no matter what your SAT score, but a[b] 1490 certainly gets a candidate over the testing threshold and on to their application being seriously considered by highly selective schools. 
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[/quote] I disagree.  A 1500 is the 75th percentile at UVA.  I know a lot of kids with 35 ACTs and 1500+ scores that did not get in.  Go to college confidenital or reddit and read the posts of the students who did not get in.  It is astounding what some of these applicants have achieved.  OP's DD needs to retake and take the ACT as well (might do better as some students do on the ACT) and take the SAT II subject matter tests in comfortable fields and do really well on them.  My DD did not get into Princeton because of 750s and 780s on the SAT II tests (considered too low).  You are competing against perfect scored students at the very top schools.  About two years ago a mom posted a tragic tale of her DD from an exceptional private who applied to the then norm of 8 or ten schools and did not get into a single one.  And she had a great record.  Parents simply don't understand how competitive this process is.[/quote]

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