@GregB77777: I’m making an educated guess as to how 8,000 applications, which are not examined by the committee, were winnowed down to 1,000 applications that are brought to committee. What possible other criteria could they they use besides test scores and GPA? Certainly not EC’s or essays, or teacher recs or guidance counselor reports – as those are being used to determine which of the 1,000 are accepted and which are waitlisted.