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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The switch in methodology really benefits large schools that are accessible to unhooked high-stats kids and affordable to donut-hole families. Like most smallish test-optional schools the actual number of high-scoring students at Wake is pretty small, similar to schools like Syracuse, Iowa, or KU. What Wake offers that those bigger schools don’t is the ability to exclude more students, and the sense of superiority that a low admissions rate seems to engender. Some people care about that. Others prefer a less expensive, less exclusive school with a much larger cohort of high-scoring students. [/quote]

What drugs are you on?

48 percent of kids at Wake submit test scores with a median SAT of 1450.  My Wake student had a 1500 and a 3.8 at a private with grade deflation and top rigor.

32 percent of kids at Syracuse submit with a median of 1340
79 percent submit at Iowa with a median of 1240
79 percent submitted at KU with a median of 1160

Not one of these four schools is in the same tier as the others.  You just spew complete nonsense.[/quote]

Each of those schools is a different size. Wake is the smallest. Each school has about the same [i]number[/i] of high-scoring students. Of course that means the [i]percentage[/i] is higher at Wake. And percentage is very important to some people, obviously including you. Which is fine. It allows for the big fish/small pond effect, which certainly benefits some kids. But for some other kids, a small pond can feel, well, small. People seeking a school with a large [i]number[/i] of high-scoring students would be better off at a school like UVA or UMD or Wisconsin. [/quote]

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