<p>“the effects of athletic recruitment, legacy admissions, and recruitment of minorities has a larger impact on the overall numbers than at much larger schools.”</p>
<p>This is well said. Same applies to universities. That’s why SAT ranges for schools like Princeton and Dartmouth are so impressive. They compete in NCAA division 1 with about 25-30% of students participating in a varsity sport, yet their SAT ranges are still at least as good as ones for Columbia, Brown, Cornell, etc. where the percentages of varsity student athletes are much lower due to the size of the school. Caltech’s SAT ranges are so high mainly because it lacks top athletes.</p>