@stevensPR We are talking about dartmouth here, not Cornell (Cornell can’t be directly compared, remember? ) Even if the difference is 30-40 points though it still doesn’t mean much out of context. Different schools have different priorities and can afford to admit more unique student with lower stats.
You don’t seem to understand it do you? Focus on just scores does not mean a more accomplished student body. It means a school wants to accept more people with high scores to improve their rankings. Vandy does it, Hopkins does it. Other schools have no need to do that and are able to accept a more balanced student body.
Not saying that the student body at Dartmouth or Cornell is more accomplished than the one at Hopkins. But saying the opposite is also not true.