Even with great stats, does a low EFC rule out Tier 1 schools?

[ucbalumnus]

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@cptofthehouse

That accepting lower test score kids does not decrease the average for the whole group does not mean that those kids have the test scores. That can easily be done by simply accepting more kids with high test scores. The most selective schools can easily do this.

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<p>The other possibility is something like the following (for schools at the very top of the selectivity and prestige scale):</p>

<p>School has 1,000 slots for admission.</p>

<p>Of the 20,000 applications, the school has 16,000 4.0 GPA applicants, of which 15,000 are non-low-income and 1,000 are low-income.</p>

<p>If the school specifically wanted to increase the number of low income admits, it could easily do so without affecting the GPA profile of its admits.</p>