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A recent Stanford alumni newsletter mentions that Stanford has rejected 69% of applicants with a 2400 over the past 5 years. Brown mentions a 76% reject rate for 36 ACT applicants at <a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University; .The decision threads, Parchment results, scattergrams, and other sources suggest a similar high reject rate for perfect scoring applicants at quite a few other highly selective, holistic colleges. For example, the news story at <a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxy-p17jBs”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxy-p17jBs</a> talks about a high achieving student who scored both a 2400 on her SAT and a 36 on her ACT. She also was salutorian of her HS and had an impressive list of ECs and awards, as described at <a href=“http://www.pisd.edu/news/archive/2012-13/grad.plano.sal.shtml”>http://www.pisd.edu/news/archive/2012-13/grad.plano.sal.shtml</a> . She posts her college decisions at <a href=“ACCEPTANCE.”>http://university-bound.■■■■■■■■■■/tagged/personal/page/9</a> (quite a few rejections, but some nice acceptances as well).</p>
<p>As I’ve said throughout the thread, different colleges have different admission criteria and favor different types of applicants. Many selective colleges do seem to have a strong emphasis on holistic criteria and have a high rejection rate for top stat applicants, such as HYPSM. However, there are also plenty of highly selective colleges that seem to focus more on stats. At some, the sources mentioned above suggest they accept nearly all applicants with near perfect stats, often with significant merit money. I mentioned Vanderbilt as an example, but there are many others.</p>