At what point (#) in the rankings can one rely on objective stats for admission?

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I think a lot of it is high school-specific. From my D’s high school, a boatload of kids every year apply to HYPSM or some subset thereof. A decent number get into YPSM every year, but it’s very rare that anyone gets into H. Yet the overall admit rates are very close. It’s clear that YPSM value kids from her HS but that H does not.

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<p>I think that’s only high-school-specific for SPECIFIC high schools that are notable in some way, such as yours which is a rigorous, unique, notable program. The vast majority of high schools in this country have no “reputation” among HYPSM (etc) and HYPSM (etc) have no real reason to want to “please” or “displease” applicants from those schools.</p>