<p>If you read the percentile thingy it pretty much explains all this. Our high school (the one my kids go to) has a 1300 wall (originally based on the old system, but being continued by just using CR+M now) They get somewhere between 6 and 15 students up on that wall with each graduating class of maybe 500. Granted some of them have taken the test 3 times. And 1300 is a lot lower than 1500 on the old bell curve. But CC is just for the kids on the wall. The mere mortals go to state colleges (not even flag ship) or the community college.<br>
Rich people are a dime a dozen at country clubs. And 2400 are a dime a dozen in the Ivy league and on CC. But if you filled the top 1% of all scorers into the the top colleges without regard to athletes, hooks, etc. You would fill the top 50 colleges. Add in the fact that there are only 8 Ivy leagues and hooks and the plan to apply to more than 1 and wha-la we have CC where we have to figure out the best fit for the least money with the best 4 and 6 year graduation rates and a decent male to female ratio… Because this it the biggest most permanent purchase you will every make and there is no way to sell it, get your equity out and trade up. You can sell a house, you can sell a car, but you can’t sell your education. You can only get more. And these kids are so young! So that is what this site is for. Don’t ever make the mistake of thinking this site is a cross section of America or even the college bound. The college bound whose only choice is the state U 40 miles east vs the state U 50 miles west will just ask their guidance counselor and their best friends and be done!</p>