2120 might be impressive to laymen, but that's really not all that impressive when you're applying to HYPSW (or even non-Wharton Penn). The average scores there are something like low-to-mid 1400s on the old scale, so 2120 is pretty average.
Getting snubbed by Vanderbilt though with a 2120? That hurts. That school though, while not the tops in either, is a great combination of chicks and academics--could really maximize a utility function defined by academics, chicks, and academics * chicks.
She is ultimately right, however, about the diversity--which is what drives the PC crowd up a wall. If she were black or latino she would be a shoe-in. As discussed in the 2005 Espenshade and Chung paper: Being white is the equivalent of a 230 point penalty on the SATs vs. being black when it comes to admissions at top schools, a 185 point penalty vs. being latino, and a 50 point bonus vs. being Asian. This was on the old scale too. The gaps have only widened since then, according to follow-up work by Espenshade.
She is also right about extracurriculars being an arms-race.
Getting snubbed by Vanderbilt though with a 2120? That hurts. That school though, while not the tops in either, is a great combination of chicks and academics--could really maximize a utility function defined by academics, chicks, and academics * chicks.
She is ultimately right, however, about the diversity--which is what drives the PC crowd up a wall. If she were black or latino she would be a shoe-in. As discussed in the 2005 Espenshade and Chung paper: Being white is the equivalent of a 230 point penalty on the SATs vs. being black when it comes to admissions at top schools, a 185 point penalty vs. being latino, and a 50 point bonus vs. being Asian. This was on the old scale too. The gaps have only widened since then, according to follow-up work by Espenshade.
She is also right about extracurriculars being an arms-race.
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