<p>Well, the OOS average is pretty high. Maybe it’s not that high but regardless the SAT score won’t make much of a difference with the tons of other OOSers applying with a similar SAT but with a 5% class rank.</p>
<p>There are tons of IB students who apply, and a lot of them can be top 5 in any other school for sure. I could have been at least salutatorian at any other school in my district if I didn’t do IB. The IB course load will be taken into account because it is more difficult than an average course load, but plenty of students are applying with similar workloads regardless, and are able to achieve top 5% class ranks. You have a shot, but it’s not likely for OOS, let alone for Echols.</p>