<p>ah, but Northstarmom, perhaps these students failed to reflect on their culture, lacked leadership, ec’s, showed little passion for a major, showed little interest in the school, had poor recommendations, or wrote poor essays. Any of these are more significant than test scores, most colleges will say 75-80% of the applicant pool in their eyes are “qualified”, so admission rates of 1/3 and lower have to be made by other factors.</p>