<p>It’s a technology/math and science sort of school, so like MIT, it has a self-selected applicant pool that, in the case of Tech, is of higher caliber than institutions ranked near it. It doesn’t need to have a very large applicant pool to admit or yield similar students to those at say top privates and publics like UCLA, USC, Berkeley, Emory, and Georgetown. It just makes sense. At almost every school, on average those with the highest incoming statistics end up in science, math and engineering. As you’ve seen, even most elite schools separate engineering admissions from say, the liberal arts/arts and sciences entity. And in such cases, the stats of the applied and admitted students is quite a bit higher than an already amazing student body in the other entities.</p>
<p>With that talent in chemistry and math, you want to go to the business school? Come on…I hope you consider picking up a major (math, CS, chem, something where those analytical abilities you have can be honed) in the college alongside the BBA that lets you solidify or develop it a little more, because elite BBA programs won’t do it (they’ll provide great networking and such and some cool EC opps, but outside of that…probably not better than in the college). Don’t misplace your talents. Don’t get me wrong, the BBA program is amazing for what it is, and has great job placement, but may not be very stimulating to you academically, at least not on its own. Georgetown and Emory (especially us, I think we have the advantage over them in STEM) offer far more academically to those like you than just the BBA programs. Plus pursuing and strengthening other academic interests may also make you more marketable.</p>