2011 Admissions Results -- Links to Google doc are in 1st post on page 1

[SAM2]

Sam2 originally wrote:It's about that time of the year again, when DCUM gets flooded with parents posting about admissions results for their children. I created this thread to collect them all in one place.

I've been experimenting with creating surveys, and so I may set up a simple survey where people can note admissions results. As an added benefit, the survey tool can automatically total up and summarize the results. If I have time to create something, I will post a link here. I'm imagining a simple list of schools, and then just three options after each (accept, WL, deny). But maybe it ought to be a little more complex to account for all the different grades (PK, K, 3rd, 9th, etc). Other things people often ask about are items like legacy, FA, sibling, etc. This is already sounding more complex than I'd initially imagined, but I like a challenge.

If anyone has ideas about how to best organize the survey, or what data it should track, please post them here. Also, feel free to ignore the survey and just post results here. Good luck to everyone this season.

As of 3/3/11, I've wiped out all the test data, so the counting tool is live. If you have 2011 admissions results, please feel free to post them now. As a reminder, this really is meant only for 2011 admissions results; if enough people see a need to summarize admissions results from earlier years, I easily can create a separate survey for that. Thanks for your cooperation.

Enter admissions results: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFFHRklQWDFuOWNaSlMtdlRPd3hORmc6MA

See summary of results: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewanalytics?formkey=dFFHRklQWDFuOWNaSlMtdlRPd3hORmc6MA

(If you are having trouble viewing the links, try switching to another browser besides Internet Explorer, which seems to have trouble rendering these items. Try Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. I'm not sure if Safari works or not.)

If anyone has questions, please post them here. Also, I don't mean for this counting tool to stifle discussion on admissions results, so feel free to post any thoughts to this thread.

Good luck to everyone waiting on results.

Sam2

[Anonymous]

Might want to get some ideas from College confidential. You could start a thread for each school and then have participants list grade applied for.

Relevant info would be:

Tests scores: IQ and SSAT's
Grades:

Teacher recs
Special talent
Diversity, faculty, sibling, legacy or other tips

Here is a link to a template
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/895009-official-brown-university-class-2014-rd-results.html

[Anonymous]

The DCUM site thrives because of the cloak of anonimity. I do not think that the parents of accepted applicants will submit any information that would make their child readily identifiable (e.g., grade, test scores, special talents).

[Anonymous]

Please do not go the way of CC! (It would be a lot of work for SAM2, PP.) And yes posters should take care not to identify themselves or their children.

[Anonymous]

I think people like this information mostly to gauge the chances for their child who hasn't heard yet but did apply this cycle. To that end, we could do: school, grade, gender, decision (accept, WL, reject) and whether you plan to accept the spot. That keeps it totally anonymous.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't include gender, but might be interested in WPSII and SSAT if parents want to provide it voluntarily: so
school, grade, score and decision.

[SAM2]

Anonymous wrote:The DCUM site thrives because of the cloak of anonimity. I do not think that the parents of accepted applicants will submit any information that would make their child readily identifiable (e.g., grade, test scores, special talents).

I appreciate this concern. For the survey tools I'm looking at, there appears to be no way to track individual users or their responses. All that will be visible is the aggregate summary of all responses.

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to make sure people don't post more than once? That would totally kill it.

[SAM2]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to make sure people don't post more than once? That would totally kill it.

That appears to be a problem. Survey tools with more sophisticated functions cost money. I'm looking for a free option. I think we'll just have to ask people to be honest, and not post false info or multiple responses.

[Anonymous]

can't jeff track if someone posted twice? I am interested in the WPPSI because I can't figure out what is real and what isn't.

[Anonymous]

He could, it would be work but maybe he'd be up to it. He'd have to make sure a double post was in fact a duplicate. One could be a result, another could be a comment.

[Anonymous]

P.S. I don't think you'll find out what's real on DCUM, 16:01!

[Anonymous]

Gender is relevant if you're hoping to get off a WZl bc they'll replace a child who leaves w one of the same gender

[Anonymous]

WZl = WL

[Anonymous]

16:16 likely but not definitely. If the genders are close they also go by "type."