<p>For example, I just looked up Baruch College on CollegeBoard. The school has a 23% acceptance rate, but the average SAT score range is 1140-1280 out of 1600. The average GPA range is about B+ through A- average. CB also says that the school places a lot of emphasis on GPA, course rigor, and standardized test scores, while other factors take a back seat. So why is the acceptance rate only 23% for this school?</p>
<p>The University of South Carolina also seems to share this trait.</p>
<p>The applicant pool at Caltech and the applicant pool at your local community college look vastly different. The number of applicants doesn’t say much about the quality of those applicants, and in the end, admission rate is just made up of the number of applicants, predicted yield, and number of seats available.</p>