<p>Tomslawsky, I agree that SAT scores matter. I don’t think they always measure intelligence mind you. I have known some very intelligent people who scored very poorly on the SAT, no matter how hard they tried. But, by and large, I agree that the SAT and intelligence are loosely connected. </p>
<p>My point was that it is not telling to compare SAT scores at a school where almost all the students prepared interminably for the SAT to a school where the majority of students never prepared for the SAT. That’s generally the case when comparing SAT scores at elite private universities and at elite public universities.</p>