@Aneem00 : Some people are are naive and still assume that all elite schools are primarily stats based. Emory and Gtown still have lower stats than other elite privates (Max brought up VU which is known to be very scores sensitive, more so than some top 10 schools like Stanford, Duke, or Penn, and certainly more so than Gtown and Emory. It should not be directly compared to those two as they have a different “style” of admissions despite the overlap in applicant pool and admits. The applications are even different), though honestly, after last cycle, the differences between those two and the others is likely irrelevant. Emory decided to admit scores at a median of 1500 SAT wise for class of 2022 (which means it cared about scores more than normal this past cycle). Even if other places were higher, it would be a not so relevant.
@Max147 : Vanderbilt and WUSTL are known to weight standardized test scores significantly more than Gtown or Emory and also have no or significantly simpler supplements. Admissions is less random than at those two if you have high stats (if they feel that the high scoring student is too much of a yield risk, the waitlist is applied. They used to send wait-list stats to collegeboard and took 200+ off one year, maybe 3 years ago. Their strategy is very different). Even if their admissions cite reports higher “stats” and a lower admit rate (a function of application volume), if the admissions philosophies are different, it becomes hard to compare and predict these things. “Selectivity” can be manufactured in many ways and can look different from school to school. While numbers don’t really lie, their interpretation needs context. The rankings have driven some interesting schemes that make places look extremely selective on the surface. Again, except admit rate, one would look and assume that Vanderbilt is as selective as Harvard and more selective than Stanford. The differences are only apparent when you look beyond the numbers which is not easy to do.