CMU alum (CIT '17) here. During orientation there's a 1-2 hour ceremony where you're effectively welcomed in to the college- think like a graduation but the in

CMU alum (CIT '17) here. During orientation there's a 1-2 hour ceremony where you're effectively welcomed in to the college- think like a graduation but the inverse of it (the exact phrase is slipping my mind right now), where the president speaks along with a few students. The one point that stuck out to me from that was the then-president, Subra Suresh, mentioning that they hadn't admitted a single student who had gotten a 2400 on the SAT, though some had applied. It was implied that they weren't looking for test scores, but rather for people who had potential beyond checking statistical boxes. My main question from reading this is "if your applicants are consistently getting 700+ SATs by category, and you don't want them to demonstrate the things they do in their field that demonstrates their passion, then how do you differentiate them?"