<p>There is NOTHING like an optimum/realistic score to a university, or even a college or program in specific.</p>
<p>If you see admission or class profile stats for a college, you’ll see the 75th as well as the 25th percentiles. There are people above those who get in(and many who score more but still don’t get in!) and a quarter of the class getting accepted actually scored below 25th percentile. So maybe we should stop misinforming and in the process discouraging (or even encouraging) other hopefuls.</p>