Choirs and performing arts at bates

[Saisei1]

In my experience SAT scores have nothing to do with intelligence

I imagine that those affiliated with Sewanee (University of the South) will agree.

Sewanee Success:
26 Rhodes Scholars: Only eight liberal arts colleges have had 20 or more (Amherst, Bowdoin, Davidson, Haverford, Reed, Sewanee, Swarthmore and Williams). Only Williams, Reed and Swarthmore have had more Rhodes Scholars than Sewanee.

http://careers.sewanee.edu/info/prospective-students/

[merc81]

However, Sewanee’s historical SAT score profiles were typically high – matching those of schools such as Penn, Duke, Northwestern, Berkeley, Bowdoin, Middlebury and Kenyon. Note as well that Rhodes awards scholarships by state, which diminishes the meaning of comparisons across colleges nationally.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ykQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=life+magazine+1960+college+admission+tufts+bowdoin&source=bl&ots=5BKi5WV8SQ&sig=GFl_LycVnJV8AGIXLX2P9kW97I0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sO1TT4uPK-jm0QG8ifC3DQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1897982-the-historical-selectivity-of-colleges-by-sat-score-tiers-p1.html

[Saisei1]

^^
Awards are by state? Is there a link to enlighten? Is this what you’re referring to?

Applicants in the United States may apply either through the state where they are legally resident or where they have attended college for at least two years.

https://usascholarships.com/rhodes-scholarship-program/

I’m aware that Sewenee has historically had relatively high SAT scores.
It wasn’t my intention to diminish the excellent SAT scores of Sewennee students. Sewenee is an outstanding college. After all, the former and beloved professor and President of Middlebury College, John McCardell, is Sewenee’s Vice-Chancellor. However, the fact remains that Sewanee is in the third tier whereas Amherst, Haverford, Williams, Reed, and Swarthmore are in the first. My point was that there’s a great deal more to intelligence than high SAT scores.
It’s all good!

[merc81]

@Saisei1: You will probably want to read through the below link in its entirety, but I think the main point might be that the Rhodes Trust appears to discourage comparisons across institutions because of geographical factors specific to individual colleges, either “advantaging” them or “disadvantaging” them:

Please keep in mind though that the Rhodes Scholarship competition has never been a national one, so state and institutional comparisons are not particularly relevant or meaningful.

http://www.rhodesscholar.org/winners/college-and-university-winners/

[Saisei1]

I should have added that Davidson didn’t even make the top 50 in your * Life Magazine* link but it’s one of the 8 LACs that produce the most Rhodes Scholars

[Trixy34]

Uhm, how did we get here?

[Saisei1]

Uhm, how did we get here?

Luck?

[Sue22]

Seriously, I was wondering the same thing as @Trixy34. I know threads can meander, but what does the number of Rhodes scholarships at Sewanee have to do with choirs and performing arts at Bates?

[Saisei1]

^^
It doesn’t. The thread swerved off course in response to post # 4

In my experience SAT scores have nothing to do with intelligence.

My apologies. I don’t have a dog in this hunt, but I’m very fond of Bates. I may have been overly defensive because of post # 3

[merc81]

@CrewDad

Luck?

Indeed.