Another Valedictorian Dilemma

[ucbalumnus]

@blossom

Correlation does not imply causation.

Meaning- Brown’s differential admission rates for Vals vs. everyone else DOES NOT MEAN that Brown prefers Vals, looks for Vals, only admits Vals, or cares about being Val. It likely means that among the pool of kids who apply to Brown (one filter) AND are strong candidates across multiple dimensions (another filter), it is more likely that they are at the top of their class/Val/Sal, etc. than hovering near the median, at the bottom, etc.

Most regular posters here probably already know this.

But what do you think most people, not regular posters here or otherwise in the know about the intricacies of college admissions, will think if they look at that Brown web page and see how admission rates are presented for various class ranks?