<p>As I recall, in the data set summary for the Revealed Preferences study they had tables of admission rate to different categories of school broken down (bivariately) by both SAT and grade ranges. High SATs appeared to be almost overwhelmingly influential both at the LACs and at the 2-3rd tiers of national universities. The 2-3’s just don’t get enough of those students to pass them by, and LAC have stats pressure from the effect on a small population of too many admission constraints (legacy, athlete, URM, orchestra, etc) and not enough yield on the high-scoring candidates.</p>