<p>Employers may not hire an over qualified person because that person will end up not being happy with a job that is below their talent level. Not because they think the employee will get an offer from an employer that they like better. When you look at a school, what do you look for first…the average SAT/ACT of admitted students, or the schools “yield”. I don’t know anyone who looks at yield. So schools have very bit as much incentive to accept high caliber students to increase their USNWR profile as they do to try to increase their yield of students who choose to attend. Frankly, at Tufts and most other quality schools, they have so many quality students apply that they can admit student based on certain “demographic” qulities they are looking for…artsie…musical…techy…well rounded…east coast, west coast etc… Students with great “stats” get denied every year and seem to rely on the “over qualified” thing to heal their pain and surprise. Glad to see Dan be clear that Tufts does NOT play this game.</p>