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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people look at scattergrams? Why do people look at the CDS for stats? Why do people look at 25,50 and 75 percentiles for test scores for admitted students?

You know why. [/quote]

Because those are the only quantitative data points given.  It doesn’t mean they are as paramount as is often assumed.   [/quote]

Wrong. I have heard at Tufts, Gtown, UVA, and Yale that the first stop is the transcript. It is THE most important. YCBK has said it many many times in the podcast. It matters.[/quote]

Yes, of course they matter.  What I’m saying is you can’t just say student x with 3.9uwGPA and 1530 is a stronger applicant than student y with 3.8uwGPA and 1460 without knowing a lot more.  They both get through the initial screen.  Assuming similar rigor, what often differentiates them are the “soft” factors.  [/quote]

Well, tell that to an AO. Their job is to get as many applications in as possible to lower selectivity scores. Their job is also to get kids admiited who have top scores and GPA because that is all reported to USNWR (andother ranking services). Also test optional is being dropped. (google it). so absent a hook, the applicant needs top gpa and test scores. For example, we know via SCHEV that last year's incoming class at UVA had a 4.51 at the 75th percentile (if you are lookimg at VA schools you should lookong at SCHEV.edu. Also many school are interested in "buying" topscores and might offer merit scholarship. It happened to my  DD. no oneblinked when she scored a32 on the ACT but unsolicited offers for  a free ride were offered to her once she scored a 36 (these were small lacs rarely discussed here). and then the schoolturns around a reports that high score to alums and to therankong services. Every college wants to climb in the rankings[/quote]

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