Ethics of "Chancing" students

[ucbalumnus]

@Kayak24

Specifically, if chancing a student, how much does a 35-36 ACT or 1550+ SAT raise that student’s chances for top 20 colleges in YOUR mind versus similar students assuming these students have acceptable EC, ample rigor, and a high GPA (say 4.0 UW) but no hooks.

35-36 ACT versus what other ACT? (i.e. versus 33, 30, 27, etc. ACT)

@Kayak24

I acknowledge that some schools value high stats more than others,

Within the realm of academic stats, some colleges are also more or less sensitive to test scores relative to HS GPA. E.g. UCLA and USC appear to be of similar selectivity from a cursory view, but the priority that they place on HS GPA versus test scores is different, as their frosh profiles suggest (UCLA frosh had higher unweighted HS GPA, while USC frosh had higher test scores).