Princeton rejectees leave now

TheStonedPandas
Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:08:19 +0000

Dost: Sorry about that. I was a little unclear. I meant “these forums” are not applicants “in general.” My point was that those statistics, which are statistics “in general,” do not represent these forums.

I don’t think any college is a “class of prodigies” (and that isn’t even pertinent to the point of contention because I would argue that how much of a prodigy one is and his SAT score share an extremely weak correlation – if any at all!). Any college has students that would make one wonder: “How in the hell did these guys get here?” To have a discussion about prodigies, however, we’re going to have to quantify “prodigies” and then decide if that discussion is even worth having.

What I will say, though, is that Penn offers admission to relatively large proportion of applicants who, without a “hook” (a hook operationally defined as legacy, URM status, potential/actual donor, etc.), would not get into Penn. Penn also has a Nursing program. My intent it not to demean that program in any way, but to point out that it does seem easier to get into than other programs. I would argue that these factors, the former probably more than the latter, bring down Penn’s scores (and the difference isn’t even that much).