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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the last time, the private T25 schools that accept the most number of TO students - of any background, are:

WashU
Vanderbilt
Cornell

And further down:
Wake
Tulane [/quote]

This list is a few short:

WashU
Vanderbilt
Cornell
UChicago
USC

And further down:
Wake
TulanE
Northeastern

Hope this will be helpful to others next year. Especially those with higher GPA than test scores.

Private college counselors keep this type of data close to the vest, but it’s actually really easy to find if you look at the schools CDS.[/quote]

Add:
Swarthmore
Amherst
Williams
Carnegie Mellon

Next tier:
SMU
BU
Villanova
Tufts
Pepperdine
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Which schools are the reverse? Take kids with “lower” gpas (think 3.6 unweighted) who have rigor (like 12 AP type) and high scores like 99 percentile? How to find this info out? [/quote]
Maybe look for average GPA in the Common Data Set? Not all colleges post it.

The pendulum had swung very far in favor of GPA, but it may be coming back to center. I think policies are in flux at the moment. Test optional applicants should be affirmatively assumed to have a low score rather than a mere missing data point, though it's hard to know which schools operate this way in application review.[/quote]

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