“Wes and Oberlin are fallen stars…”
If that’s even true, the same can be said for Brandeis.
Average SATs* class entering 1971 (I think):
Brandeis 1339 (13th highest nationally),
Wesleyan 1326 (16th highest)
Oberlin 1307 (21st highest),
That year Brandeis admitted 20% of applicants (fifth most selective nationally). So did Princeton. Stanford accepted 21%,
- old scale then CR +M only, about 50-80 points lower than re-centered current scale IIRC, though it isn't that simple.