This isnt the correct comparison, since most people getting into the top schools are completely undifferentiated, all have maxed out GPAs and near perfect/perfect SATs. There are for more people with the profile to get into harvard, than there are admits. The breakdown is a composition of:

1. legacy admits

2. athletic admits

3. dei admits

4. actual brilliances admits

but even in the 4th bucket, they are allocating those spots based on alot of non performative criteria.

with sports, its more like, "who ran 40 meters the fastest"

I live in NYC, I meet the ivy types all the time. I have gotten very cynical about it