School exposed identifiable student stats on SCOIR

[Anonymous]

We are at a big public and it's still fairly easy to tell who is who for very selective schools where only 1 or 2 kids a year get in.

[Anonymous]

OP, you should know that many many schools go out of their way to make it very difficult to identify applicants. My kids' school simply won't post data on schools with under 20 applicants in the last few years. My nephew's private school will show students scattergrams in the counselor's office but won't give them access at home. What your school is doing is totally inappriopriate and not typical in my experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason the student is identifiable is because they told their friends where they were applying.

The solution is to not tell your friends every school you are applying to. Learn to keep your business to yourself.

Ok, but is your kid planning to keep the school they will attend secret too?

That’s obviously the next step. I can’t imagine what resumes will look like when this generation hits the job market.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why anyone is weirded out by this.

We're proud of our 2025 kid's stats and he was too. They're not perfect but they're perfectly in line with what was needed for the (top20) schools he got into. If people want to connect the dots and label him with his GPA and SAT score, more power to them.

[Anonymous]

What would you suggest as a solution? SCOIR is only useful - and it IS useful - when stats/yr/school are disclosed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should let this go -or- be PO'd and alert other parents. I've let college counseling know and they're "looking into it."

On DC's school SCOIR it has "Fall 2026" listed under "Application Type" - so if you know a student applied to X school, it's easy to ID the student. This class year identifier is not listed for any previous years, just if they applied RD, ED, EA, etc.

For example, only one student applied ED to Wesleyan, and on SCOIR, they're easily ID'd as:
Early Decision - Fall 2026 Denied 3.95

Our school's SCOIR not only lists whether they were accepted or denied with the "Fall 2026" identifier, but also includes GPA and test scores (if they submitted).

You should tell them - this is potentially a FERPA violation. If anyone can identify student by what they publish.
The student who's exposed can sue the school.

Very true!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should let this go -or- be PO'd and alert other parents. I've let college counseling know and they're "looking into it."

On DC's school SCOIR it has "Fall 2026" listed under "Application Type" - so if you know a student applied to X school, it's easy to ID the student. This class year identifier is not listed for any previous years, just if they applied RD, ED, EA, etc.

For example, only one student applied ED to Wesleyan, and on SCOIR, they're easily ID'd as:
Early Decision - Fall 2026 Denied 3.95

Our school's SCOIR not only lists whether they were accepted or denied with the "Fall 2026" identifier, but also includes GPA and test scores (if they submitted).

You should tell them - this is potentially a FERPA violation. If anyone can identify student by what they publish.
The student who's exposed can sue the school.

Very true!

Isn't it voluntary to enter your stats though?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone see this information? I have yet to access at our own school.

[Anonymous]

DC went to a small private and it was possible to id some- but only those accepted to Ivy+ because the numbers smaller are students themselves disclosed where else they applied and often their SAT scores. . . .
I am sure this years parents are able to figure out which dot on the graph is my kid by the same rationale and I don't think it is a big deal. Community is supportive and people are just trying to contextualize what combinations of stats and EC's make the difference between those who are admitted and those who aren't

[Anonymous]

what i can't figure out if why anyone is alarmed. Have you lied about their SAT score or GPA to fellow parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should let this go -or- be PO'd and alert other parents. I've let college counseling know and they're "looking into it."

On DC's school SCOIR it has "Fall 2026" listed under "Application Type" - so if you know a student applied to X school, it's easy to ID the student. This class year identifier is not listed for any previous years, just if they applied RD, ED, EA, etc.

For example, only one student applied ED to Wesleyan, and on SCOIR, they're easily ID'd as:
Early Decision - Fall 2026 Denied 3.95

Our school's SCOIR not only lists whether they were accepted or denied with the "Fall 2026" identifier, but also includes GPA and test scores (if they submitted).

You should tell them - this is potentially a FERPA violation. If anyone can identify student by what they publish.
The student who's exposed can sue the school.

Very true!

Isn't it voluntary to enter your stats though?

As many have commented, many schools don’t publish it when the data points are of a small number, to avoid liability. Voluntary to enter with the understanding that they cannot be identified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what i can't figure out if why anyone is alarmed. Have you lied about their SAT score or GPA to fellow parents?

Me neither. Plus at our private school the recent alums at colleges that kids were applying to were happy to talk and be helpful in the process. At private schools kids know each other, not just the kids in their class, but those a few years older and a few years younger and big surprise they talk about the whole college process. Nobody needs to look at SCOIR/Naviance to figure out who was at the top of the class/ASB Pres etc and where they went to college about the only thing that the data reveals is the precise GPA/SAT but directionally everyone knows it already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should let this go -or- be PO'd and alert other parents. I've let college counseling know and they're "looking into it."

On DC's school SCOIR it has "Fall 2026" listed under "Application Type" - so if you know a student applied to X school, it's easy to ID the student. This class year identifier is not listed for any previous years, just if they applied RD, ED, EA, etc.

For example, only one student applied ED to Wesleyan, and on SCOIR, they're easily ID'd as:
Early Decision - Fall 2026 Denied 3.95

Our school's SCOIR not only lists whether they were accepted or denied with the "Fall 2026" identifier, but also includes GPA and test scores (if they submitted).

You should tell them - this is potentially a FERPA violation. If anyone can identify student by what they publish.
The student who's exposed can sue the school.

Very true!

Isn't it voluntary to enter your stats though?

Not to mention you sign off on FERPA

[Anonymous]

OP here - thanks for all the comments. Lots of food for thought.

DC's is small private where the college counselors dissuaded students from talking with one another about where they're applying - even to the point of asking students to not wear college sweatshirts where they've been accepted -and-not allowing the student to create an Insta page of acceptances until May when everyone knows where they're going (so as not to hurt students feelings/stress them out who were applying RD or didn't apply/get in ED or EA). This is probably why I was so taken aback when the identifiable stats were so blatant.

I'm glad so many of you have kids who attend more supportive schools - ours is oddly not very rah-rah for one another and even the parents are cagey and secretive.

Update: the college counselors removed the 2026 identifier and now you can only search SCOIR through 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason the student is identifiable is because they told their friends where they were applying.

The solution is to not tell your friends every school you are applying to. Learn to keep your business to yourself.

Exactly. If this was sensitive info, do not tell people you applied. Also who cares about a students gpa anyway? These things feel important in the temporary but really have no reason to be so.

OP’s kid was the only kid to apply to this college and applied ED and was accepted. So the kid can’t keep this to themselves since the high school will blab about what schools kids will attend.