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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%[/quote]

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.
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Almost ALL colleges and unis send lower stats admits to study abroad, including ivies.  I thought everyone knew this. [/quote]

It's not very common, and especially not at top schools. NEU, NYU, Syracuse, Skidmore, and Boston U are some which come to mind. None of the ivies or top SLACs. NEU is especially prominent since nearly 25% of their student body does it. Any school that's allowed to conveniently send away the bottom 25% of their admitted students (based on testing score) will get a huge boost to their fall testing profile.

Also, one thing that wasn't mentioned was percent of the class ranking in the top 10% of their HS class. NEU is 71%, GIT is 88%, UVA is 90%, and Berkeley is 96%. All the Ivies are at 90%+ except Cornell (84%). This means a clear and intentional emphasis on testing even at the expense of top HS academic performance. The best schools value both strong testing and strong HS performance.[/quote]

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