<p>I don't know what your purpose is here, but please don't use my post as evidence for your position. The fact that a weighted average of the Oxford and Emory College scores is not identical to the CB reported numbers does not, I repeat does not, prove that this is not the explanation of the discrepancy between the data reported by CB and that reported on the Emory web site. There is no reason at all to believe that the 25-75 range of the combined data would be exactly the same as the weighted average of the two 25-75 ranges. I used to teach statistics, trust me.</p>
<p>Emory's situation is unusual but not totally unique in terms of having two undergrad institutions with separate admissions processes. I think Columbia is another example with Barnard. And I think that Columbia does not include the Barnard data in its reported 25-75 range just like Emory. If Emory were to include the Oxford data in its range it would do a disservice to students who were using the range to judge their probability of acceptance at Emory College the primary undergraduate institution at Emory. Unfortunately the CDS is not designed for Universities with multiple undergrad colleges.</p>
<p>i think you guys need to relax. It is not a big deal. I was the one who initially informed the OP about this disparity. What I have realized is that your school has been using different ways to calculate the enrolled SAT range for its entering students. If you look at the percentage of students scoring above a 700 in math and verbal, you will realize that the new range published by Emory is more reflective of the student body than is the old one. For instance, according to peterson's guide, last year, 53 percent of Northwestern students scored above a 700 on their SAT verbal portion. For emory, this is only around 30 percent. Thus, when Northwestern's range is 650-740, I think that Emory's range at 620-710 or so is accurate.</p>
<p>It might be an accurate comparison if one were going to apply 10% to Oxford College and 90% to Emory College, which is of course nonsense. For a student interested in Emory College's data go to:</p>
<p>sorry for the "inconvenient" info, but I trust Emory's common data over anything else. That is the data that Collegeboard uses as well as US News. When you see Emory';s place in US News this yr, you will see that Emory's SAT range will be the one in the common data set.</p>
<p>and lastly to settle this issue, Collegeboard does have the stats for Oxford College as a seperate entity. I see no reason why it would have that, and then combine that with Emory College.</p>
<p>CB:Emory College
SAT Critical Reading: 620 - 700 93%
SAT Math: 650 - 730 93%
SAT Writing: 620 - 700 93%</p>
<p>Oxford College:
SAT Critical Reading: 550 - 650 92%
SAT Math: 550 - 650 92%</p>
<p>Just checked the CB web site. They have no separate data for "Emory College". They have combined data for "Emory University" and data for Oxford College. Why did you say they had data for Emory College?</p>
<p>o i guess this means i should reject emory since their IQR is too low now.</p>
<p>what was the point of this topic. to feel the need to bring that up. i doubt anyone will ever ask you in your life did you attend emory the year they changed their IQRs.</p>
<p>I will tell you why. Believe it or not, the sat range of a school is often highly correlated with its prestige and overall quality. For this reason, knowing your school's range while not absolutely essential is nonetheless useful. I do not think 10, 20, or 30 points makes a difference. However, when you are selling your school as one that has an SAT average of around a 1380 (near that of the likes of JHU and Cornell) and really only have an average around a 1330, that is my opinion is wrong. And this makes sense to me. I have wondered for some time, how Emory possibly has the range it does considering some of the kids it admits from my area. I guess this puts things into perspective for a lot of us. And lastly, Emory is a fantastic school. All I am after is the truth. That is what all potential prospective and Emory students deserve to know. And I am sure that other schools have done what Emory has done in the past as well. One such school I can think of is Rice University. Last year, they published that 63 percent of their students scored above a 700 in math. Meanwhile, their range was 670-780. Northwestern also had 63 percent of their students scoring above a 700. Meanwhile, its range was only 670-760. To me, this indicates that one of the schools is entering their data incorrectly, or differently for that matter.</p>
<p>Why should anyone take your posts seriously since you are obviously going out of your way to deceive people as you did in post 26 by labeling the CB data for Emory University including Oxford College as specifically, your words, for "Emory College." </p>
<p>For anyone who is actually interested in the truth, as opposed to those who are just interested in spreading disinformation, the data from the CB site is obviously combined Emory College and Oxford college data because they cite the number of freshman as 1,665. You can click on the link below to verify that the freshman class at Emory College was 1340 for the year in question. Are you also accusing Emory of lying about their class size? By the way the Oxford freshman class size is in the low 300's. </p>