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<p>Correlation does not equal causation: AP Stats.</p>
<p>Again, Harvard College (undergrad) selects out poor test takers. As does all Ivies and top LACs. They just will not admit any poor test takers. So, of course, on average, such highly selective undergrads will have more admitted to HLS than those for South Dakota, which has a much, much lower testing threshold for undergrad admissions. (Of course, this ignores the cost factor – Harvard College students tend to be wealthy so they can afford a pricey grad school, and it ignores geographic interest.)</p>
<p>But the fact is that a 3.8 from UVa will not be perceived any more highly at most of the T14 than a 3.8 from George Mason or Mary Washington.</p>