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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]^ WL has at least 10% of students who are do academically strong they are competitive Ivy candidates and many of them actually turn down Ivy or other T10 schools for WL Johnson scholarship.  I don’t think URichmond enrolls many (any?) kids that would also be accepted to a T10.

[/b]Also,I think there is a significant difference between a 1300 and 1500 SAT[b].[/quote]

There really isn’t , but you read it wrong.  The 25th percentile for UR is 1320 and for W&L is 1350.  That’s 20 points different, not 200.  And the 75th percentile is 1470 vs 1500.  Again 30 points.  And this is with fewer than half reporting scores in both cases.  So a) those scores don’t seem all that meaningfully different. The median at UR would be 1400 and at W&L it would be 1420.  You CANNOT tell the difference between those 2 students.  b) even if you thought you could, fewer than half reported scores at both places so you don’t know how the unreported ones compare.

You can continue in your confidence that the cohort at W&L is stronger, but anecdotal evidence that “people turn down Ivies” for W&L isn’t convincing, even if it’s true.  I have relatives (in laws) who’ve graduated both. The UR was a Mensa from a middle class family. The W&L were from a wealthy, connected law firm partner and country club.  W&L seemed to have a lot of that.

Look it’s possible that W&L has a noticeably stronger cohort academically. I just don’t see any evidence of it.  So if you’re right about it, it will be by accident unless you have other proof you’re not sharing. [/quote]

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