^ But I’m not convinced colleges are necessarily all that interested in capturing the long tail. If they were, they’d pressure the College Board and SAT to use different tests. And they wouldn’t use a holistic admissions process that considers a lot of factors beyond sheer academic throw weight. I say if Harvard is content to educate some diverse mix of the top 1 or 2% rather than limiting itself to the top 0.1%, more power to 'em.