Can someone earnestly state that this would make a difference? I keep hearing about those poor immigrant Chinese folks from NYC that get into Yale with just the

Can someone earnestly state that this would make a difference? I keep hearing about those poor immigrant Chinese folks from NYC that get into Yale with just their 1600's and a dream but that straight up does not happen if you don't have the rest of the qualifiers. Nobody is getting into these top schools with just good SAT scores, the "high-agency" signaling on their application carries far more weight. I'd even wager that the people that didn't include their SAT/ACT scores in the past few years and got in likely would have gotten in even if they had submitted them. The only impact this has is on reducing the cost of reading applications and decreasing the applicant pool (which is fine, but it's not some kind of win for meritocracy).