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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We aren’t talking about any B students, we are talking about kids coming from academically rigorous schools known to have grade deflation.  SLACs in particular are very familiar with these schools and admit their students.  People saying no way just aren’t familiar with the admission patterns from those schools.[/quote]

I agree. And not only Big 3, but also B kids from the top MoCo publics (Whitman, Churchill, WJ etc) who have 1450+ SAT / 33+ ACT and are ED /full pay.
They consistently get into the Bates/Hamilton/Colby/Wake/Lehigh/Bucknell tier.[/quote]

hamilton and wake are not the same tier[/quote]

Hamilton is a bit more selective but not by much. The southern former
Regional/mid tier schools have gotten much more competitive over the last few decades. Wake, Tulane, Emory - even Vanderbilt; all had very very modest admission standards back in my day. Not anymore.  [/quote]

I suggest you look at actual data. ALL those schools are much more selective than they used to be but Emory and Vanderbilt (especially Vanderbilt) are significantly more difficult to get into than Wake or Tulane. Hamilton also used to be easier to get into and is not more selective. Hard to compare SLACS to universities, but I would never if a kid can get into Wake they can get into Hamilton. [/quote]

Vandy is a far more competitive admit than Emory, which has a relatively high ED admit rate.  Emory is more competitive than Wake, but Wake had had a bigger increase in apps over past two years and catching up,
.  Tulane is easier admit than Wake.[/quote]
Vandy is not far more competitive than Emory, and Wake is no where near the other two pertaining to selectivity ot prestige. Emory has an 11% acceptance rate compared to Wake's 25%. [/quote]

Except Wake isn’t 25, it was 20 last year and will move another few percentage points lower this year due to another  large increase in applications.  Emory’s ED acceptance rate is nearly double vandy’s as is its RD rate, thus Vandy is clearly a more competitive admit.[/quote]

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