<p>I’m the one guilty of throwing the 70-90 point spread allegations around. I took those numbers from what I had at hand. The 2003 edition of U.S. News which reported the following 25th-75th percentile numbers:</p>
<p>Swat 1360-1530
Wes 1270-1460</p>
<p>Reducing these numbers down to a 70-90 point gap was clearly not strictly statistically legit, but I thought it was a fair enough distillation. Apparently the gap has narrowed in the past couple of years. My S almost applied to Wes. I’m sure it is a great school. I’ve always loved their website which is a cut above, for what that’s worth, and they sound like they meet the progressive (radical) sniff test (highest per capita consumption of sidewalk chalk) too. </p>
<p>I haven’t seen Wes’ campus, but from what I’ve read it doesn’t sound like it compares favorably to Swat’s, nor does it have Philly and a slew of other great colleges within spitting distance.</p>