<p>Poupoupidou wrote: "So after having clarified that does anyone have any more to offer about the original post?</p>
<p>Sorry about the hijack, P --</p>
<p>In answer to your question, Stanford would be the school that would most value a social-leadership/athletic/scores-gpa equal weighting. When I attended, it was known as the "student body president's school". Which I was, along with athletic awards and decent scores and class rank. I was the classic well rounded applicant back then. </p>
<p>My feeling is that now, the grades/scores are more highly weighted than back then, even at Stanford. As for MIT and moreso Caltech, 770-800 math SAT is almost a prerequisite, along with with As in AP Physics, Calc B/C, and multivariate is nice.</p>
<p>As for Harvard & Yale, they're in between Stanford and Caltech. It seems Harvard is more attracted to off-beat applicants than Yale. I believe it can afford to be since its entering class is about 30% larger than Yale's.</p>
<p>The fact is that most alumni of the CHYMPS schools would find it very, very difficult to gain acceptances today. The competition is more than treble what it was in the 70's and 80's.</p>