Why are top schools more lenient with ACT scores?

<p>tokenadult:</p>

<p>Since GU is one of those schools that does not publish its common data set, IMO it has something to hide. And yes, being on the east coast, it is likely overwhelmed with SAT scores. But, it still reports ACT scores for ~25% of matriculants (according to the ipeds). In addition to IPEDS, the other government site (studentaid) shows GU’s ACT range to be 29-33, which just passes the smell test, IMO. Further, the denizens in Iowa (ACT corp) report that GU’s mean is 30.0 (and I guess they should know).</p>

<p>(And, of course, don’t forget that CB doesn’t have a self-interest in accurately reporting ACT numbers…)</p>