<p>This is all very interesting. I made the point earlier that a student better be in the top 5% of his class to a make it to a top school. So, what! He still has to be well above the 25% percentile in SAT scores to have a reasonable chance to get in. </p>
<p>Still these FACTS do not support any of your earlier statements.</p>
<p>On your last point. I never claimed that average scores are getting higher. Actually they are slightly down this year. The scores required to get in, on the other hand are getting higher. </p>
<p>You make factually incorrect statements easily disproved. You obviously have never taken a statistics class, so it is a hopeless situation to convince you. You will always revert back to some student you have heard of on CC or elsewhere to support your argument. Hopefully other parents will heed the warning that their kids need high scores to have a chance to get in to a top school.</p>