<p>Seattle? Is it a school with athletes? Down here, almost all the Ivy admits are athletes. Since there is almost no one with any real money, no one fits the bill of the 45-55% of attendees that don’t require any financial assistance. So they are expensive to the schools, and not many of them have cured cancer or written a best-selling novel; more like valedictorian and president of the Go club. And the schools gain more prestige by rejecting valedictorians rather than accepting them. No great loss, though. Students go to lots of different great schools.</p>
<p>Ivies don’t need valedictorians from Washington State. What they need are 300-lb. offensive tackles.</p>