<p>nah, even you admitted that the contract colleges look for very important qualifications that AREN'T based on SAT score and should therefore expect slighly lower average scores but equally qualified students for what they teach. Why are you still hung up on SAT scores, anyway? It's like the say-all-end-all of any college for you. Grow up for god's sake, high school is done with. </p>
<p>Besides, ACT differences are only 1 point on the low end and 2 points on the high end. Nearly identical. </p>
<p>Also, there's no way that the contract divisions "hurt" Cornell's rank. Not to repeat myself much, but they do rank higher than schools like CAS and Engineering when it comes to comparing comprable programs. Also, SAT scores are nearly insignificant when it comes to the US news rankings, same goes for selectivity. Poor excuse.</p>