<p>Northwestern is probably not much different than other schools in regarding CR, M & W. By looking at the scattergrams from a lot of schools you’ll find that the the W surely counts. The spread in W between accepted and rejected is such that there must be a direct admission effect, not merely random or correlative with other measures.</p>
<p>Overall, to my reading appears that CR has greater spreads than both W and M. It is a very useful exercise to get the feel for for admissions at many different schools of varying selectivity. The uber competitive schools have lots of rejects amongst the acceptees bunched up in the 4.0 x 2400 corner. They look for applicants with acceptable scores that make the readers leg tingle. With the less intensely competitive schools, if you’ve got the grades and SAT’s, you’re in. Northwestern seems to be in the latter group.</p>