<p>I shouldn’t have done that for the 75th percentile, true. Mea culpa. For the 25th percentile, I was trying to be a little more generous, nudging a 2100 composite into the middle 50 percent. </p>
<p>I’d never looked at the Harvard CDS before. It’s hilarious. In the section about what factors are considered for admission–the rigor of the applicant’s record, the academic GPA, etc etc–nothing is rated higher than “Considered”. None of this is “important” or “very important”.</p>