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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most highly ranked schools have the highest score profiles and it gradually declines as you go down the list. It’s all just a sorting mechanism based on test scores (outside of hooks). It seems nearly impossible that an unhooked student can get into a T15 type school without super high scores. Ironically TO may have made the emphasis on scores more pronounced because unhooked students essentially need great scores. For all the yapping about curating a class, they are really just filling their classes when the highest scoring kids they can get. This shouldn’t be interpreted as meaning a high score automatically gets you in anywhere. [/quote]

Correlation doesn't imply causation.[/quote]

If if were true that you need really high test scores to get into T15, you wouldn't see score report percentages below 95%.  It's logical to assume that every TO admitted student had a test score below the reported median.  Given grade inflation, we know a limited amount about those students.[/quote]

Hooked students are the ones with low scores or no scores. Athletes, URM, FG, development- the rest of the class is chosen among the highest scoring group the school can attract. [/quote]
URM is double sided. They take a shot on lower scoring fgli urm, but they also love the high scoring magnet and private boarding school URM.[/quote]

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