<p>I give about 1% probability that the data on Stanford for 1966 are correct. </p>
<p>However, let’s assume they are. What does this mean?</p>
<p>One conclusion possible is that Stanford has decided to select its class with less weight on SAT in its decision criteria in 2006 than in 1966. Stanford has never been known as the “1600 SAT school”. I has always been known as the “Student Body Presidents’ School”. Different selection criteria. </p>
<p>If someone could verify these data, then we could have some interesting discussions about why Stanford has changed its selection criteria away from SAT, and Princeton, WashU, and a few others have done the opposite.</p>