<p>Oversimplified: you look at scores and gpa. And then you turn the page. The job begins. And from that point through the end, you are either intrigued by the kid and excited- or lukewarm. Or it doesn’t add up, at all. </p>
<p>Harvard is looking for more than gpa predictive power. It’s simply “more” than that. They have 35000 apps, a good half of which (I estimate) could learn something and make it to a diploma. Now they cull rigorously. Non-stats expectations go up. It’s make or break time. Can’t find that in stats results. But you can assume those high stat kids who did get admits, made a great whole self presentation.</p>