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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Simple. Meets ALL of the following criteria

Within the first five ranks in a class size of over 500
Scores of over 1550 SAT or 35 ACT in a single attempt. No super scoring. 
Scores 5 in most of the 8 or more AP tests taken
Scores of over 750 in every one of Subject tests if taken

Very likely around 5,000-10,000 max such students in the whole country. So not many  You could easily accommodate every one of them in the top ten schools.  But then the diversity goals of the schools would be violated, so they are rejected routinely in favor of  less academically accomplished students through all kinds of twisted rationalizations. [/quote]

Very interesting that you assume every high school offers AP classes, has 500 students, ranks its students and proctors AP tests onsite. [/quote]

Improve your reading comprehension skills and don't make assumption.
While any student who meets these criteria is definitely a 1% student, I never said that if you don't meet these criteria your are not 1%. It would be harder to identify them if objective and standardized criteria is absent, but you can for example have a college give it's own tests to find out.

This is why eliminating  more and more objective and standardized measures is just a sneaky way of calling anybody whom you desperately want to admit "qualified", because who then can really dispute your "arbitrary" assertions [/quote]

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