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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a school to be truly selective, acceptance rate, yield rate, and student stats all should be all high.
WP has elite level acceptance rate(9%) and HYPMS level yield rate, but student stats are very mediocre.

Limited spots(little over 1k) and Zero cost probably drive up the acceptance rate and yield rate.
Also when you apply for these kinds of school, you have very high interest of committing, thus high yield.
Apparently high stat kids are not interested in the school and the kind of lifestyle.

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My kid's Class of 2021 from TJ sent four kids to Service Academies and I know two from TJ Class of 2022. 2021 Rhodes Scholars - 4 from West Point, only Harvard and Yale got more. But I have the feeling nothing would convince you that you might be biased here -

for sure not for everyone, but don't assume all "high stat" kids aren't interested.[/quote]

We are not talking about certain cases that you know or I know or your bartender knows.
They admit only like little more than 1000 per year, and based on the published data, average or median GPA is 3.7 and SAT is 1300. 
Compare it to T50 schools.[/quote]
Right, but they also reject "higher-stats" people who don't meet their other requirements. You seem to be assuming that 3.7 GPA /1300 SAT represents the very top of their entire applicant pool, but I don't know that this is the case, as other categories separate from academics are considered. [/quote]

With stats like that you couldn't even get into VA Tech.[/quote]

I don't know where this person got the 3.7/1300 figure, but it's wrong.

From the CDS, the average GPA was 3.88. 63.5% of admitted students had a 4.0. 
I can't find the average SAT (maybe I'm just missing it) but the 75th percentile was a 1440.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/...out/g5/G5OIR_CDS_2020-2021.pdf
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https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/west-point-2893/applying
SAT score between 1210 and 1440 or an ACT score of 28 and 33

Will have very hard time getting into VA Tech Engineering.
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Why do you keep ignoring the other criteria? You can go to VT on anxiety and ADHD meds. You can go to VT if you’re out of shape and colorblind.  You can’t go to an academy. You are weirdly invested in this. Those of us more familiar with the academies have repeatedly been level headed about the difference and you’re stuck on this as if your step-dad to-be is an academy grad and you’re just mad about it. So weird.[/quote]

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