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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like you'd need to know applicant pools. In another thread, there was a link with info on Amherst's applicants. For other schools, I only see info on those accepted. [/quote]

This--you need to know who HYP rejects vs who Pomona rejects. That's the whole basis for OP's claim, after all. We just don't have that data, though. You can see it on individual schools' Naviance pages, but not in the aggregate.

You'd also need to know ECs and other accomplishments, which are a key part of admit decisions. The PP's who have pointed out that the Ivies have some threshold for GPA and SATs are absolutely correct. After kids get past this threshold, the admissions teams decide based on ECs and fit. You could even turn OP's argument on its head and claim that the LAC kids had the high scores but not the standout ECs (I just point that out to highlight the perils of this kind of speculation).

Without this data on rejections and ECs of admitted kids, OP's claim is purely speculative. Not to mention, the hypothesis that higher SES kids are somehow brighter or more qualified is racist, classist and all the rest. [/quote]

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