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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GBRS is the most important factor.  Then CogAT Q.  Median CogAT V score for admitted kids is around 119.  [/quote]

This is interesting given common wisdom on DCUM, which suggests that kids must score at least in the upper 120s to have a real shot at admission.  I'd bet the DCUM advice is pretty accurate for wealthy schools (representing the vast majority of DCUM posters) but substantially less so for higher-FARMs schools.  For example, a student who scores a 115 on the CogAT verbal in a high-FARMs school where the average CogAT verbal score is only 95, arguably has a much greater need for differentiation than a student who scores 115 in a wealthy school where the average is 110.  [/quote]

Putting the whole race discussion aside, I found this to be the most interesting part of the report, particularly when you consider that the bulk of the admissions are not minorities. They can't pull a median down like this folks. Basic stats.[/quote]

Right. So half of admitted AAP students score below 119 V.  The median Q score is only a few points higher.  I’ll wager those scores are substantially lower than anyone here would have thought. There are DCUM kids who score substantially higher than that and still don’t get in.  What’s the explanation?[/quote]

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