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This reply was originally about five or six times as long, but I've shaved it down.
The problem with going to whole numerocentric route is that it neglects those of us who are more than intelligent enough to do well at MIT, who did not see it fit to waste our potential with high school grades. Believe it or not, people exist who do great at MIT who did not do great in high school, for one reason or another.
What you need to measure in admissions is a person's ability to succeed. Grades and scores are some indicators, but far from the only ones. Yes, I'm speaking from personal bias, but I assure everyone, I'm not making MIT look bad. In fact, I'm kicking ass. Does it really bother you that much that people like me get in, who make MIT seem less "genius-y", even if only from a purely statistical measure of valedictorians admitted?
Olo
For the record, according to those office of the provost things and admissions records, some odd 25 people were admitted with class ranks lower than mine (and whose schools also ranked). The impression I seem to be getting is that people don't believe I belong at MIT, or that I never should have been admitted. I'll reserve my resentment to that statement for now, as it's in the chunk of this post I've deleted.
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