Talent is, indeed, subjective, but as you will notice later in the season, that there are a few candidates in which is it so overwhelming and obvious that they get in nearly everywhere. (Though not, as you say, everywhere. There are always some head scratchers, like how did that kid get into MIch/CCM/CMU and get rejected by Elon, etc. Just an example, not a real life case study.) I was just saying that if a kid was great enough to make NYU stretch its academic requirements he or she would probably have multiple offers.