SAT 1348 for 2012 vs. 1311 for 2011 is indeed a significant jump. On the surface it appears the admissions committee is giving more weight to standardized test scoring and a little less to Class Rank/GPA (2012 8% top decile vs. 11% in 2011) ... i.e. potential vs. realized.Interesting, the SAT scores are up significantly compared to last year but the average class rank is down significantly.
I see in Objee's posts that the reason for this is the decreasing number of schools who will publish class rank, making that metric less reliable. Fortunately or unfortunately, this plays to the favor of the very strong standardized tester, and to the disfavor of the merely strong standardized tester who performs better in the classroom. More money for the testing prep services I suppose
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