你侄儿的条件很好。An average SAT score is around 1540 out of 2400 points. Students with an average SAT score have many options, but a score above 2100 would place you in the 90th percentile (meaning you scored better than 90% of the test takers) and might cause the “name brand” schools to take a closer look at your admission application. (see "What is a good SAT score?" http://increaseyoursatscore.com/what-is-a-good-sat-score/23/)
事实上,你侄儿的SAT2100优于97%的考生。(2006,http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf, 2007,http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/composite_CR_M_W_percentile_ranks.pdf).
You may consider many top schools such as Princeton and Yale but not Harvard (which required SAT 2200) as suggested by http://www.satscores.us/sat_scores_by_score.asp?score=2100.