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[quote=Anonymous]8:28 here again. Thinking about this some more, some posters are making several leaps of logic that I don't follow. With the acceptance ratio methodology, these posters are saying, in effect,

1. Gonzaga has 250 openings in a class, for whatever reason, let's say a mission to provide a Catholic education to as many DC kids as possible, but it could be another reason.

2. We are going to let Gonzaga's large class size drive our conclusions about the commitment level (what one PP called "parental investment") of Gonzaga applicants.

Therefore, because of Gonzaga's large class size, we must conclude that:

3. Many or most Gonzaga's 1000 applicants must not really want to go there, because Gonzaga will accept 250 of the 1000 applicants. It could follow (some but not all PPs seem to take this line) that most Gonzaga applicants would prefer to go to Sidwell instead.

4. The best way to adjust for our belief that many, if not most, Gonzaga applicants don't actually want to go there is to divide by 250.

What I'm saying is that the only way to make some of these leaps of logic is if you start out thinking Sidwell is preferred by most DC families.[/quote]

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