<p>The National Achievement commended still are among the highest scoring black students in the country and still have scores that could qualify them for virtually any school in the country including HPYS. If their SAT scores are commensurate with their PSAT scores, the colleges that their stats would be too low for would be Cooper Union and CalTech, which overwhelmingly rely on scores for admission decisions. One year, for instance, all of the students in CalTech’s frosh class had scored 800 on one of the math SAT IIs.</p>
<p>If you go to the research area of the College Board web site you can find a racial breakdown showing the percentage of students scoring at various levels on the SATs. When you see this, I’m sure you’ll be surprised to see how few black students score as high as your D did.</p>
<p>Incidentally, since h.s. grades are the best predictor of college gpa, if your D gets accepted into a college where her scores are on the low side, don’t worry: as long as her grades were high, she’ll have what it takes and that may include graduating with honors from a highly competitive college.</p>
<p>Best of luck to her and you as you await the rest of the decisions.</p>