Which top DMV High Schools give access to Naviance/SCOIR for college search

[Anonymous]

A GDS thread mentioned they get no access whatsoever - not even in the CCO office.

Can others weigh in on access to Naviance/SCOIR at other schools (ie. Sidwell, Potomac, Maret, SAES, Landon, Bullis, GTPrep, SSSA)

I don't need a lecture on whether Naviance and SCOIR are useful - we had a DC apply to college recently. We already know Naviance/SCOIR have their limitations; the college application landscape has seen continual shifts year upon year recently and there is lack of context on whether accepted students had hooks (which remain - even if schools remove athletes - which not all do). That said, we still found it very helpful early on to see which colleges seemed to like/dislike students from our school and to see which colleges were very popular vs less so. It was also useful to see if acceptances were very heavily weighted to ED vs not. So, we'd like to have access to this again for our younger children who are applying into HS (and are spreading a net beyond where our older children attend/attended).

[Anonymous]

Don’t think you should be that concerned with getting Naviance data. Things can change year over year quite a bit and you will never know whether the students you’re seeing in the data had hooks that allowed them to get a leg up in admissions.

[Anonymous]

Holton does (or at least did in 2021)

[Anonymous]

Maret is in-office, at school.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell currently does, and you can access it from home. However, it’s only for families with current 11th and 12th graders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t think you should be that concerned with getting Naviance data. Things can change year over year quite a bit and you will never know whether the students you’re seeing in the data had hooks that allowed them to get a leg up in admissions.

I said that I know this already.....but Naviance also shows me which colleges accept virtually nobody from my school....and that IS meaningful.

[Anonymous]

SSSAS gives access to SCOIR, but I think only 11th and 12th graders. I’ve seen it mentioned in a newsletter that included a sort of checklist for seniors, but nothing about it has been mentioned to my sophomore yet.

[Anonymous]

Field gives access to SCOIR starting in 10th

[Anonymous]

You did not ask about NCS, but it gives pretty full SCOIR access and lets parents know whether the hooked kids have been removed from the graph. And I tend to agree with the view that having information is better than not having information, even with the understanding that it changes year over year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You did not ask about NCS, but it gives pretty full SCOIR access and lets parents know whether the hooked kids have been removed from the graph. And I tend to agree with the view that having information is better than not having information, even with the understanding that it changes year over year.

Given OP mentioned Landon I’m guessing their child is a boy, but this is still useful info for others. Good point about including/excluding hooked kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You did not ask about NCS, but it gives pretty full SCOIR access and lets parents know whether the hooked kids have been removed from the graph. And I tend to agree with the view that having information is better than not having information, even with the understanding that it changes year over year.

Given OP mentioned Landon I’m guessing their child is a boy, but this is still useful info for others. Good point about including/excluding hooked kids.

I did not even notice that. Clearly bad at close reading. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You did not ask about NCS, but it gives pretty full SCOIR access and lets parents know whether the hooked kids have been removed from the graph. And I tend to agree with the view that having information is better than not having information, even with the understanding that it changes year over year.

Given OP mentioned Landon I’m guessing their child is a boy, but this is still useful info for others. Good point about including/excluding hooked kids.

I did not even notice that. Clearly bad at close reading. Sorry!

No sorry needed, it’s useful for someone. And as a 10th grade parent who hasn’t been fully introduced to all this yet, I appreciate the heads-up about hooked data.

[Anonymous]

SJC gives access to SCOIR in the middle of junior year

[Anonymous]

GDS CCO believes that less information = less stress. I have a senior and we received information about college counseling very late in the game--like in the second half of junior year. They leave it up to parents to know to schedule college visits at the end of sophomore year/beginning of junior year. If you want to apply to colleges in Europe, they don't tell you at the end of sophomore year that you need to sign up for multiple AP tests at the start of junior year. For these kids, their parents already have to be in the know, otherwise you kid is locked out of that option. They also don't encourage multiple takes of the SAT; ideally, you want your kid to start taking the SAT the summer before junior year so that you have the option to take more tests if necessary.
Just know that if you have a HSer at GDS, to get started on the college stuff earlier than the CCO says is appropriate; prepare to take AP tests elsewhere and sign up early; and prepare to take SATs earlier. Also, don't tell the CCO that you have an outside private counselor. Last year, GDS told families who had hired private college counselors that their kids would not be allowed to sign up for their summer college essay workshops, and limited slots were for those kids who didn't hire one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS CCO believes that less information = less stress. I have a senior and we received information about college counseling very late in the game--like in the second half of junior year. They leave it up to parents to know to schedule college visits at the end of sophomore year/beginning of junior year. If you want to apply to colleges in Europe, they don't tell you at the end of sophomore year that you need to sign up for multiple AP tests at the start of junior year. For these kids, their parents already have to be in the know, otherwise you kid is locked out of that option. They also don't encourage multiple takes of the SAT; ideally, you want your kid to start taking the SAT the summer before junior year so that you have the option to take more tests if necessary.
Just know that if you have a HSer at GDS, to get started on the college stuff earlier than the CCO says is appropriate; prepare to take AP tests elsewhere and sign up early; and prepare to take SATs earlier. Also, don't tell the CCO that you have an outside private counselor. Last year, GDS told families who had hired private college counselors that their kids would not be allowed to sign up for their summer college essay workshops, and limited slots were for those kids who didn't hire one.

I’m genuinely sorry for the parents who didn’t know any of this before their child started high school at GDS. It sounds like the school is increasing stress levels, not the reverse.