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Although many Ivy League students may have high ACT/SAT/AP scores and 4.00 U GPA, this does not mean that there is any casual relation. Duh.
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<p>Exactly where in the statement "admissions rate increases linearly in SAT score" is a causal relation indicated? Correlation-master Calmom hasn't been able to figure that out although she claimed repeatedly that such an imputation had been made. Duh, indeed.</p>
<p>A certain CC poster here has dwelled on the fact that admissions rate increases given female gender (at MIT), and that admission rate varies between various Ivies (so that another poster's daughter would have been wasting her time with a scattershot strategy rather than targeted applications). Can any of the resident statistics critics indicate whether such statements confuse correlation and causation, or are they kosher in a way that "admissions rate increases linearly in SAT score" is not?</p>