What is Naviance?

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Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind though. Some of the data are self-reported by the students and, therefore, not very reliable

At our school, all of the Naviance data is entered by the College Counseling Office. My son didn't even really know what his GPA was because the school doesn't calculate them to share with students, but they had calculated it to enter into Naviance. The College Counselor also has access to SAT Subject Test scores on his view of the Scattergrams - that doesn't show on the Student/Parent view, but it's another very useful piece of information for him as he counsels students about where to apply.

But how do get the access to schools accepted/rejected/WL? Colleges don't report back to schools.

The school counselors know where each student has applied because they requested transcripts to be sent. Naviance tracks the status of transcript requests, financial aid process, and requests for letters of recommendation from teachers and helps everyone keep track of deadlines for each college. The Wilson counselors received and updated the accept/reject/wait list info directly from some colleges, but not from all. Part of the end of year clearance for seniors was a visit to the college center to report all acceptances and financial aid offers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a perfect world, I wish colleges would be so much more transparent about what it takes to be admitted. But I know they have a self-interest in making every kid believe it's possible to get in, to keep those applications coming.

For example, I just looked at the Naviance scattergrams from my kid's school (private, in Maryland).

Over the last 5 years, kids with stats of a 3.8 GPA and 1350 SAT (or higher) are 13 for 13 getting into UVA. 2 other kids with 1250+ and a 3.9+ got in. And everyone else - other than recruited athletes with far lower scores - was rejected.

At U of Maryland, of roughly 50 applicants with 1300+ SATs, all were accepted except for 2 - the 2 lowest GPAs, of 2.8 and 3.0. Of kids with a 3.5 GPA or higher, all were accepted except the one kid who had an 1120.

As a parent, I would much rather know this specific info, rather than broad generalities about middle 50th percentiles. It demystifies chatter like "Maryland is getting hard to get into" and lets you know that - from our school, at least - you need either a 1300 and a 3.1 GPA, or a 3.5 and 1150 SAT, to get into Maryland.

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Ths is pot on. Naviance can be very helpful in showing the clear demarcation between accept and reject.

[Anonymous]

Naviance is a tool that tells me my kid's solid 3.5 GPA will result in no acceptances anywhere!

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It's a little overrated; use collegefactuals, or usnews and they are far better, faster and easier to access tools. Also, beware that official data of children is being used for marketing wherever you go.I feel more comfortable with Collegefactuals and USNews because I can enter just general data and not my child's exact information and not worry about it being sold or re-used. But naviance requires the exact child's login and password from the school and obviously gets that child data. That worries me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a little overrated; use collegefactuals, or usnews and they are far better, faster and easier to access tools. Also, beware that official data of children is being used for marketing wherever you go.I feel more comfortable with Collegefactuals and USNews because I can enter just general data and not my child's exact information and not worry about it being sold or re-used. But naviance requires the exact child's login and password from the school and obviously gets that child data. That worries me!

It shouldn't. Each school's data is separate. Only if you elect to "connect" is it shared with the colleges on your "interested" list, and you can sub-select which data they get if you want to connect at all. Besides the fact that the HS has the data whether you log into Naviance or not.

Naviance is REAL data, as you point out those other sites users can put in any data they want, and is not specific for your HS. Fun but far less useful.