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<p>Trust, but verify. Look at the admission stats for [Chicago</a>, Columbia, Brown and Northwestern](<a href=“College Navigator - Compare Institutions”>College Navigator - Compare Institutions). Columbia and Brown have 14% and 11% admitted, and Chicago and Northwestern, 27% and 28% respectively. There is hardly any difference, however, between the Ivy’s and Chicago/Northwestern’s SAT scores. These stats are not consistent with Chicago ignoring or downplaying SAT scores. If anything, it seems that Columbia and Brown are downplaying the SAT.</p>