<p>While I don’t necessarily think standardized test scores are the best indicator of intelligence, the real problem for the OP is that those scores shed some serious doubt on the quality of her school (which then make make her grades seem less impressive), especially because it’s a school that doesn’t send a lot of people to top schools anyway. Someone ranked #4 in their class at Andover would be able to get away with the “I don’t test well” claim more than someone from some random school, since the quality and rigor of that curriculum in known, so the rank would still mean a lot. I would not be surprised if the adcoms were worried about her ability to handle the workload at their schools.</p>
<p>Also, as a random note, I think nk9230 is being very optimistic or wrongly informed when they label Tufts, Wes, and Middleburry as matches instead of reaches – these scores are well below their mediums. (This might be true of the girls schools as well, but I don’t know those as well).</p>