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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Georgetown requires high SAT scores. Michigan does not. The quality of the student body demonstrably reflects that.[/quote]
And yet Michigan enrolls many more high-scoring students. So either Georgetown rejects high-scoring students in favor of lower scoring ones, or high-scoring students strongly prefer Michigan (or both).[/quote]

Michigan is test-optional. 100% of the student body has to submit scores at Georgetown.

Geez. People still try to compare test optional (where only ppl with high scores submit and a good portion are so low they can’t submit) with test required schools.[/quote]

No, I’m comparing numbers of students.

Georgetown has 1,239 FTFY students reporting SAT scores, with a 75th percentile score of 1530. That’s 310 students scoring 1530+

Michigan has 4,503 FTFY students reporting SAT scores, with a 75th percentile score of 1530. That’s 1,126 students scoring 1530+

1,126 is more than 3.5 times 310. As I said: “Michigan enrolls a lot more high-scoring students.”[/quote]

In other words, 70% of Michigan's students scored below 1370 on the SAT. That is Michigan's 25% SAT score.  There are 8,100 students. Only 55% submitted an SAT score. So 6,000 students out of 8,000 are low scoring sub-1370.

Not the flex you think it is, lol.[/quote]

Well, there’s also 1,462 students who submitted ACT scores to Michigan. I don’t think it’s fair to assume that everyone who submitted an ACT score scored below 1370 on the SAT — but if you make that assumption, you need to make the same assumption about the 510 students who submitted ACT scores to Georgetown.

That aside, there’s just two different philosophies. Some people want a small, exclusive school that’s all about keeping students who aren’t quite as strong out. That’s Georgetown. Other people are looking for a larger group of high-scoring students, even if there are also lower-scoring students on campus. That’s Michigan.

What’s indisputable is that more students scoring 1530+ enroll at Michigan than at Georgetown. More than 3.5 times as many, in fact. So it sure seems like the population of high-scoring students generally prefers Michigan to Georgetown. Which is not really a “flex” because, again, it’s just a matter of personal taste whether you prefer a more exclusive school with a smaller group of high-scoring students or a less exclusive school with a larger group of high-scoring students. [/quote]

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