<p>I would like to see someone post a bivariate plot (“scattergram”) of applicant incomes in relation to applicant SAT scores, and another bivariate plot of the same group of applicants with their incomes in relation to their high school grade averages. (There are lots of issues about adjusting high school grade averages to be comparable from one high school to the next, and indeed that is what keeps admission tests in the mix when colleges make admission decisions.) </p>
<p>Returning to the stated concern of the participant who opened this thread, I would like to ask everyone to take a look at the Washington Monthly college ratings, </p>
<p>[“The</a> Washington Monthly College Rankings” by The Editors](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.collegechart.html]"The”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.collegechart.html) </p>
<p>because they are based on largely objective numerical criteria, and they explicitly take into account student socioeconomic factors.</p>