Elite college admissions: What matters and by how much

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Here is one simple example. If we were to do a regression of post-graduate income to college GPAs for all college students, we would show a statistically significant positive loading on GPA. However, if we only consider the students at Harvard, we would likely see the opposite effect (the lower GPA students are often more financially successful).

Very interesting observation. That reminds me of what I observe: As couples men are taller than women in general, and yet for some subgroup, women are taller. What’s the question?

So questions have to be specific. In terms of college admissions, how to get into hypsm (let alone elites) may not be a useful question for certain people. It has to be school-specific, thus hard work for the applicant and their family.