<p>@Hunt That is a straw man. I never said the best of the best are not attending the elites; I am saying a portion of the students attending the elites are not among the best.</p>
<p>Based on what was posted here on CC (by collegehelp), Harvard’s 75%tile range for the SAT(M+CR)for 2010-2011 was 1590, What is of more interest to me is that Harvard’s 25%tile range was only 1390 (CalTech, in comparison, was 1470). These folks would not have made Manzi’s first cut. Even my back-of-the-envelope approach would have spotted them. I am not convinced that Harvard did not have stronger applicants out there then that.</p>
<p>As far as your other point goes, you may very well be a member of the 1%, but not at .1% as this article clearly puts it:</p>
<p><a href=“http://ampedstatus.org/who-rules-america-an-investment-manager-breaks-down-the-economic-top-1-says-0-1-controls-political-and-legislative-process/”>http://ampedstatus.org/who-rules-america-an-investment-manager-breaks-down-the-economic-top-1-says-0-1-controls-political-and-legislative-process/</a></p>
<p>“camouflage for the real purpose”</p>
<p>Yes, that is exactly what I am claiming. </p>