Calmom, about this: “A lower SAT/ACT score does not mean the student is at the “bottom” of their class. There are two kinds of students: those who have been admitted, and those who haven’t.”. That isn’t exactly true. Those who are admitted as legacy or development admits are often not of the same caliber as the rest in terms of their academic ability and history. Sometimes they are. But it’s not a give because it isn’t on the basis of their achievements that they were admitted.