> A 3.9 GPA from Caltech is much more impressive than a 3.9 GPA from Harvard Having been an undergrad at one of the above, I can assure you both are super impr

> A 3.9 GPA from Caltech is much more impressive than a 3.9 GPA from Harvard Having been an undergrad at one of the above, I can assure you both are super impressive (in either STEM or humanities), and should garner special attention from graduate programs. > The subject GRE is a uniform quantitative baseline. It seems we've moved off the topic of undergraduate acceptances to elite graduate admissions. The dearth of slots at these rarefied levels relative to the global supply of smart people is such that results from an arbitrary exam coming out of New Jersey would only get a second look in the narrowest of "splitting hairs" cases.