<p>You must have not looked at your college counselor books lately because Beloit seems to be much less selective than Ohio Wesleyan. >></p>
<p>Peter, at the risk of another attack on me personally, I thought I’d share some more recent data. You seem to like hard facts. This data comes directly from the most recent Common Data Sets published by these three schools for the 2006-2007 admissions year, not the Princeton Review, which tends to be a year or so behind in its admissions data due to its publishing schedule. </p>
<p>Beloit College
Average GPA of admitted students: 3.5
Percentage of students in top 10% of high school class: 36%
Percentage in top 50% of high school class: 97%
Critical reading (25-75th percentile): 600-730
Math (25-75th percentile): 560-660
Combined math/reading 25-75 percentile: 1160-1380
Acceptance rate: 65% </p>
<p>Ohio Wesleyan University
Average GPA of admitted students: 3.4
Percentage in top 10% of high school class: 36%
Percentage in top 50% of high school class: 85%
Critical reading (25-75 percentile) 540-660
Math (25-75 percentile) 540-650
Combined: 1080-1320
Acceptance rate: 63%</p>
<p>Reed College
Average GPA of accepted students: 3.9
Percentage in top 10%: 67%
Percentage in top 50%: 98%
Critical reading (25-75 percentile): 660-750
Math (25-75 percentile): 620-710
Combined 25-75 percentile: 1280-1460
Admissions rate: 33%</p>
<p>As you can see, Beloit and Ohio Wesleyan are statistically very close on their admissions rates these days, but do have some notable differences in their academic profiles of admitted students. Reed is the most selective of the three schools, and, from the data, students at Reed are way ahead in terms of test scores, class rank, and GPA. </p>
<p>I am sure that you will issue another personal attack on me, but I thought it might be useful for you to have the actual data in hand before you make comparisons between various schools so you can avoid mistakes when speaking about their relative selectivity.</p>