<p>Nazzy: Ted O’Neill at UChicago has publicly dissed standardized testing, so its not so important for them (altho Ted is stepping down so the college may change emphasis). As a general rule of thumb, it’s always better to be above the colllege’s median scores for a “decent” chance, particularly for highly selective colleges (where “decent” is defined as better than 10% chance). Of course being above the median will do nothing for a sub-par gpa. Even a 2400 won’t help a 3.5 gpa earn admission to Harvard unless one is also an Olympic athlete.</p>