Since I can’t share my local scoir data, I’m afraid I can’t give a citation. While it often seems otherwise, it’s important to remember that it’s actually a limited pool of applicants that are true 4.0/High rigor/1500+.
Cornell got 71,000 applications this year.
Only about 20,000 kids per year score over 1500 on the SAT. And not every 1500+ SAT scorer is applying to Cornell.
But let’s say that 1 in 4 students that have SAT over 1500 apply to Cornell…
That would mean only 5,000 out of 71,000 applicants have 1500+.
It’s the same with GPA/rigor.
So maybe 3,000-7,000 out of those 71, 000 applicants truly have the whole package. And you better believe those 3,000-7,000 have a much higher admission rate than the other 64,000 to 68,000 applicants.