Paying for top tier schools

Lindagaf
Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:57:38 +0000

Your son is obviously a good student, and I don’t want to diminish his grades and test scores, but if he is thinking about HYPS etc…he really should consider taking the SAT agin, or the ACT and try for a higher score. 2120 is a little on the low side for the very top schools, unless he has some other aspect that is impressive, like a sport, awards, great leadership, and so on. You can look at the mid 50% for colleges he is interested in. To have a better chance ( bearing in mind the chances are not good for anyone) he should aim to be well above 50th, ideally in the 75th percentile.