Some admission questions, misconseptions

YaleGradandDad
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:19:11 +0000

Gibby:

I’m sure you don’t mean to say those factors are unknowable - perhaps they don’t lend themselves to quantitation where you can see the 25-75 percentiles. Some kids are clearly at their limit pulling down those A grades and stellar SAT scores where others have so much reserve capacity as to be in a bewildering number of activities and performing in those at a top level. Those types of students certainly do better. Perhaps there are specific institutional needs (a first basement or harp player) that are unknowable year to year.