<p>The correlation between admit rate and SAT CR 25th percentile is - .70 which means that admit rate has a moderately high correlation with quality as measured by SAT. This is based on 355 public and private universities and LACs with SAT CR 25th above 500 from the IPEDS database.</p>
<p>But, why use an imperfect proxy like admit rate when you can look directly at quality indicators like SAT, ACT, and graduation rate?</p>