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<p>No, no, no. I am so sick and tired of seeing this innumeracy over CC, I could just scream.</p>
<p>Looking at what % of a grad school’s class is made up of students from X and Y undergrad doesn’t tell you a THING about “how well” X and Y undergrad place there. The only relevant stat is knowing how many students applied from X and were accepted, compared to how many students applied from Y and were accepted. The “thickness” of Harvard and Yale doesn’t necessarily mean that H and Y grads were accepted at higher rates; it may reflect that, or it may reflect a higher density of H and Y grads in the applicant pool in the first place.</p>
<p>Look, if 144 Harvard grads applied to Yale Law School and only half (72) got in, but 9 Amherst grads applied to Yale Law School and all 9 got in, Amherst has a better acceptance rate. And that’s what counts. Not the proportion of the class made up of Harvard and Amherst grads.</p>
<p>Why this gets perpetuated on CC is beyond me.</p>