<p>^^I disagree with your generalized analysis. MIT’s admissions, although their rate is higher than their peers, seems to be more selective (at least for guys, anyway). MIT doesn’t get the “well, why not apply for the heck of it?” that schools like Harvard do. Caltech is similar. Both of these schools have very self-selecting applicant pools. And in terms of my school, no one (out of 1000 each year) has gotten into MIT the past three or four years. People have given up applying there. OTOH, Stanford gets a couple admits each year, Yale gets like five (seven this year) and Harvard gets a few as well. </p>
<p>Although you may disagree with my conclusion that MIT is the most selective (despite their high % admittance) I hope you take into account the fact that acceptance rates are not all in all in terms of selectivity.</p>