I do not believe in giving students too much encouragement in applying to schools where they are under the 25% mark (meaning test scores under 25%) unless they are hooked. That is mostly who gets in when test scores are in that range. That is pretty much wasted time and money that could be put into finding matches and safeties. This student also is not full pay, so that won’t help. Plus, students at schools where they are in the bottom 25% coming in are certainly more likely to struggle academically and not graduate, or take longer to do so.