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[quote=Anonymous]One thing I've noticed is that the top 10 universities have a lower acceptance rate than the top 10 LACs. The most selective university, Stanford, has a 4.8% admit rate; the most selective LAC, Pomona, has a 9.4% admit rate (almost double that of Stanford's). But my friend raised an interesting point that top LACs have a highly self-selecting pool, while the top students at any school, many of whom aren't in any way qualified for the top universities, send in an application. So apparently the level of difference between getting into Pomona and Stanford isn't as much as the raw numbers suggest. Is this anecdotally true? Does Carleton's 22% admit rate or Williams 17% admit rate reveal a deceptively high admit rate for a more competitive applicant pool than top universities? [/quote]
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