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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elon’s 25th-75th percentile SAT range is 1175-1330. UR is 1410-1500. Are we done comparing apples and oranges?

The smartest kids at Elon would be the dumbest kids at Richmond, to be crude about it. [/quote]

The last year test scores were required by either was 2019. According to the CDS from that year for each:

Elon's SAT ran from 1170-1330, which is 77th percentile to 93rd percentile. The median is around the 85th percentile.

Richmond's ran from 1300-1450, which is 91st to 99th percentile. The median is around the 95th percentile.

25% of Elon's students are therefore close to, at, or above the median at Richmond.

Also, speaking of comparing apples and oranges, the difference in intellectual capacity of the students at ANY two schools is nowhere near the same as that of the faculty. At Elon, 82% of the faculty have a PhD or other terminal degree. At Richmond, it's only 74%. How do you like them apples?[/quote]

Same poster. My apologies. The numbers I gave for professors are totally wrong. It's 85% for Richmond vs. 77% for Elon. The test score numbers for students are correct, though.[/quote]

Yes the smartest kids at Elon are similar to the second quartile of kids at UR. Some people look at this data and conclude that a 20-30 point difference is meaningful. Here we are talking about 120-130 points. By your reasoning, basically all top 300 colleges in the US are essentially the same and one might as well choose Clemson over Duke. They are just as good, basically. Again, I don’t care, send your kid to Elon [/quote]

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