I would have preferred over 1400, but he was below. His math was stellar, but the verbal portion needed work. He could have scored at least another 60 points there I think. Now that we have all the admissions and financial offers, though, I’m not sure he would do it differently. He has several great schools that really want him, including NU which is academically one of the tougher nuts to crack (their 25th percentile SAT this year was 1400). He feels very positive about his options and after one last visit next week, will make a decision. So, in the end, it’s all working out.
If you search here on CC for "common dataset school name’ and you can find the 25th to 75th percentile of SAT scores for the most recent freshman class. I would be most comfortable being at the midrange of those numbers, and at the 75th percentile or higher if you want academic money in addition to music merit money. Good luck!