<p>It’s not hard to see why, Cornell made the NCAA basketball tournament last year, but its players probably have higher SAT than most schools that didn’t. Outside of the elite programs, you’ll get many students who have no shot at becoming professional athletes, so they will matriculate to the better academic schools, where they will also likely to get more playing time. And there’s enough of these athletes around for a school like Rice to be picky about their SAT scores.</p>
<p>Look, they do have higher SATs, but when a 4 or 5 star recruit comes knocking…</p>