<p>From what I understand, schools need people with perfect/great scores to balance out all the athletes they want to let in. With perfect scores, you have to show that you are an absolute troll not to be accepted. </p>
<p>With legacy, a 4.0 and administrative connections on top of that, I think I can say with 99% certainty that I welcome you to the Princeton Class of 2013, and will see you next year.</p>
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Hate to break it to you, but some of the athletes have perfect/great scores.
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<p>Hate to break it to you, but athletes on average have lower scores (which is what's relevant to the comment you were replying to - "all the atheletes they want to let in").</p>