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04/07/2024 21:27

Subject: Re:‘24 parents…was Naviance accurate?

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Anonymous wrote:Ours was pretty spot on in that is showed what colleges really liked kids from DS's high school (jesuit schools) and what schools were not worth even considering -- for example UT-Austin hates his high school (statistically speaking).
What was very hard to guess was DS's gpa - which was fine at the end of JR year but significantly higher at graduation (because all AP courses senior year)

This is an excellent point. Our student is a junior, and weighted GPA will likely be much higher at the end of senior year. GPA on Naviance are all end of the senior year GPAs. Hard to compare with that.

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04/07/2024 21:29

Subject: ‘24 parents…was Naviance accurate?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was pretty accurate. But I liked CollegeVine more… it had chancing information for smaller schools that had no scattergram in Naviance.

But how would they know for the smaller schools when so much is about essays and special ways the kid meets their institution priorities?

You have to meet the threshold before they even read the app.
Threshold is:
1. Gpa
2. Scores if any
3. Rigor

Then the app is read if it meets the above.

College vine takes into account rigor? How? Just the number of APs or course load in general and types of APs?

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04/07/2024 21:58

Subject: ‘24 parents…was Naviance accurate?

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was pretty accurate. But I liked CollegeVine more… it had chancing information for smaller schools that had no scattergram in Naviance.

But how would they know for the smaller schools when so much is about essays and special ways the kid meets their institution priorities?

You have to meet the threshold before they even read the app.
Threshold is:
1. Gpa
2. Scores if any
3. Rigor

Then the app is read if it meets the above.

College vine takes into account rigor? How? Just the number of APs or course load in general and types of APs?

You can enter the number of APs/IBs taken, the number offered at your school, and the number of honors courses and/or DE courses. You can also include AP/IB exam scores.