Odds of Admission

lowdenf23c
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:29:45 +0000

Hello all,
Figured this might be a good place to pose the following question for statisticians or other folks better in math (or the intricasies of college admissions) than I am…

Say a college like, oh, MIT, has an overall acceptance rate of 10% and a 25/75 percentile SAT split of 2080-2330. If a student has SAT scores in the top 25th percentile (all other things like GPA, recs, ECs, essays, being equal) are their odds of acceptance higher than the overall 10% admission rate? Is there a rule of thumb for this sort of thing?

Disclosure…my daughter has applied to MIT and, like everyone else, is waiting on the proverbial pins & needles. So her nervous dad seeks ways to manage our expecations. And to kill a little time with my Excel spreadsheet of applications.

thanks to any and all responses.

regards,

lowdenf23c