"Al Reid" wrote in message ...

I don't think a 1206 is that shabby, Hell, in '76, an 1180, along with decent academic achievement could get you accepted to CMU,
MIT and others. It is also a dubious argument to equate public speaking with intelligence.

Really? In 1979, an 1180 would get you into an average state school.
It wouldn't get you anywhere near MIT. In '79, you had to be pushing
1400 to be in the 98th percentile, and at that point you had a
fighting chance of getting accepted to MIT.

Of course things could have changed between '76 and '79.