<p>epiphany:</p>
<p>I am sorry that facts backed by firm statistics from the schools themselves fail to convince you. </p>
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Again, there is no accuracy to this statement, because there is no comparable statistic regarding the non-SAT factors which have become so crucial in admissions to top-tier schools.
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<p>A statistic that proves a point is not invalid because some alternative statistic that proves a different point has not been found. That would be a strange conception of statistics.</p>
<p>Despite all your talk about the value of ECs, there is no empirical evidence to back it up. At best one could say, strong ECs help choose among equally academically qualified students. No more. There is on the other hand plenty of evidence supplied by the colleges themselves that scores still rule. And that will continue and only get worse. Wait until you see the 25/75 percentiles published by the colleges for enrolled students in the fall. They are all rising.</p>