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<p>What? That’s a poor analogy because the poster has already established a premise for the comparison. Lower scores are being compensated by the need the school has for a “defensive tackle or a Greek scholar”.Now if you have a bunch of defensive tackles or Greek scholars with lower scores (therefore they are applicants who might have qualified), then you would throw in another factor into the equation to choose among then. The higher scorer student has already been eliminated on the basis of the “other” specific “needs” for the mosaic the school wants to build.</p>