> If both colleges are choosing students based off of some measurable criteria, let's say the SAT score. Would you expect to have higher average scores at coll

> If both colleges are choosing students based off of some measurable criteria, let's say the SAT score. Would you expect to have higher average scores at college A or college B? Except "average SAT score of incoming class" is another field of the rankings. All the measurable criteria are handled as independent variables - there's no need for a poor proxy.