<p>There also other ways some school have of tweeking the stats. For example, some private schools have a policy of admitting weaker candidates (often legacies) into the spring semester or winter quarters, which keeps their profile/SATs/GPAs out of the averages reported.</p>
<p>Other issues: generally poor marketing/packaging in things like campus visits, brochures and so forth. </p>
<p>One school that does well there is Haas, which addressed head on a lot of the numerics involved in ratings.</p>