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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Chicago thing is crazy because from top private high schools they only matriculate kids who are well out of the top 20%. Maybe this year will be different. [/quote]

Chicago and Hopkins are T10 oddballs. I’ve never met a kid who dreams of going to either.  [/quote]

you bitter. get over it[/quote]

Different poster.  He's not wrong. They're the only top10 schools that have ED2. 
The only reason to have ED2 is to get a second shot at top students who didn't choose you ED1. [/quote]

Kind of a dumb take.  No one EDs to brown, dartmouth, cornell, etc as a dream school.  It's because they didn't feel as confident going for HYPSM.  I think it's smart to offer ED2.    Most people who end up at lower top 10s had bigger dreams but landed at a solid backup.

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I am not a big fan of Chicago or Hopkins but their top students are probably smarter than a lot of HYP these days. HYP admissions is not based on academic merit.[/quote]
I would agree with this, though it is also true at many flagships.[/quote]

Yes. In fact, due simply to its sheer size, a top public school like Michigan has more 1500+ SAT students in its incoming class than Harvard. The math is simple: In Fall 2024, Michigan has 8858 freshmen and a 75th percentile SAT of 1530, meaning it has 2214 freshmen scoring above 1530. In comparison, Harvard has 1647 freshmen and a 25th percentile SAT of 1500, meaning it has 1235 freshmen scoring above 1500. Of course, both schools were test optional in Fall 2024 which skewed these numbers, but the errors were unlikely to drop Michigan's 2214 below Harvard's 1235, especially when Michigan's threshold was 1530 while Harvard's was 1500. (And of course Harvard is significantly better on a per capita basis, just not the headcount.)[/quote]

michigan is 51% test submitted. If test required, i suspect 75th percentile is under 1500 easy[/quote]

PP. Even if Michigan's 75th percentile is 1500, it still has 2214 above 1500 whereas Harvard only has 1235 above 1500 assuming 100% submitted SAT at Harvard. Almost double. Again this is not to say that Michigan is better on a per capita basis. It has more 1500+ scorers than Harvard simply because it is gigantic.[/quote]

Take a look at national merit scholars. https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&gid=2&pgid=61&sessionid=95e8c223-1c14-43e9-96d6-3fcd0d0626cc&cc=1

Harvard has 147.  Michigan has 89.[/quote]

Irrelevant stat[/quote]

why?[/quote]

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