<p>good analysis bc…I had not noticed those percent reporting discrepancies before. Its amazing to me how many ways these numbers can be fudged…we need a Sarbanes-Oxley for CDS & IPEDS reporting!</p>
<p>One other anolmaly I’ve noticed over the years with respect to SATs & ACTs reported on the CDS. I’ve noticed that some schools report an ACT mid 50% bracket lower than the equivalent SAT bracket. Brown is the poster child here. Its not by much, but it makes me wonder whether certain low-scoring recruits are told to only turn in their ACTs, so they don’t pollute (and lower) the SAT pool. Here’s the Brown example (from most recent CDS)…</p>
<p>Percent submitting SAT: 92%
Percent submitting ACT: 30%
Total: 122%, so some overlap (i.e., they don’t appear to be in the Amherst category)</p>
<p>But…SAT CR+M midrange: 1320 to 1540
by the concordance chart, that SAT midrange equates to an ACT composite midrange of 29 or 30 to 34 or 35.
…yet, Brown’s reported ACT composite midrange is 28-33. </p>
<p>Again, not much (~50 SAT points, though, on a 1600 basis), but this discrepancy consistent with Brown over the years, and I’ve found other schools that don’t have this SAT-ACT discrepancy. Pure speculation on my part, but it does look a bit weird, and I could imagine how ACT-dumping manipulation could be used to improve ones position with the rankings.</p>