ucbalumnus, That don’t consider legacy, athlete and that admit only the very top of the high school class? Very few. Once out of the very top, then there is a natural population of students who would normally get B’s and C’s to balance the A’s. So my point only applies to the schools that accept only students in the top, say, 10% of the class and don’t do legacy or varsity accommodations. Very few. CalTech, MIT, and ???