When did your child's HS give them/you access to Naivance?

[Anonymous]

Just curious when students and parents began using Naviance?

[Anonymous]

I feel like it was spring junior year... but maybe fall...

[Anonymous]

I think ours was fall of junior year as well.

[Anonymous]

We are at a DCPS - 9th grade

[Anonymous]

Cathedral school. I think fall of 11th grade

[Anonymous]

My kids had an account they could access starting in 9th grade but I don't think they really dug into it until 11th.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand Naviance even after spending some time with it. What do people do with it? The costs are outdated and so are the deadlines/dates.

For a most selective college, the scattergrams are so crowded in the upper right quadrant with multiple symbols - even if you deselect all but the acceptances - what does it tell you? The data says "from 2020" so I assume it is from the class prior?

There is also a link to similar colleges, where thea list of 10 colleges with the last 10 years of data on acceptances (I assume specific to your HS) is shown - I find that more valuable than the scattergrams.

[Anonymous]

I e-mailed DC's counselor near the end of sophomore year in querying, and was given access then. I was just curious at the time. Now that DC is a junior we are looking at it more regularly (scattergrams, etc).

[Anonymous]

You know you can zoom in so the graph isn't so crowded and you get a clearer picture of the data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know you can zoom in so the graph isn't so crowded and you get a clearer picture of the data.

It's a sub optimal interface, there are limits on zoom - the mouse drag required is clumsy and it isn't as fine-grained could be - there's still a tangle of checkmarks, crosses etc.
I cannot figure out percentages - admits, vs referrals vs defers - eyeballing it is ipossible based on the sheer data.

There is also the question on data - acceptances are certain (transcripts sent) but who reports rejections and deferral? There is a form at the end of HS - my older kids have ignored that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand Naviance even after spending some time with it. What do people do with it? The costs are outdated and so are the deadlines/dates.

For a most selective college, the scattergrams are so crowded in the upper right quadrant with multiple symbols - even if you deselect all but the acceptances - what does it tell you? The data says "from 2020" so I assume it is from the class prior?

There is also a link to similar colleges, where thea list of 10 colleges with the last 10 years of data on acceptances (I assume specific to your HS) is shown - I find that more valuable than the scattergrams.

We use them for the scattergrams and for the # applied/# accepted each year.

If you are looking at a highly selective college with a crowded upper right quadrant, and they're a variety of denials, acceptances, maybe some waitlists, that alone tells you something, that the college is a reach.

Also note where your student's little blue person is in relation to the result points, are they surrounded by green, or red, or a mix.

One issue is that all bets are off with test optional. I don't even know how that would be depicted in a scattergram, but this year is crazy enough so far that being surrounded by green checks in the scattergram doesn't mean the student will get in, as they may be bumped by students with good grades but who did not submit scores. In other words, just plain lower chances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand Naviance even after spending some time with it. What do people do with it? The costs are outdated and so are the deadlines/dates.

For a most selective college, the scattergrams are so crowded in the upper right quadrant with multiple symbols - even if you deselect all but the acceptances - what does it tell you? The data says "from 2020" so I assume it is from the class prior?

There is also a link to similar colleges, where thea list of 10 colleges with the last 10 years of data on acceptances (I assume specific to your HS) is shown - I find that more valuable than the scattergrams.

We use them for the scattergrams and for the # applied/# accepted each year.

If you are looking at a highly selective college with a crowded upper right quadrant, and they're a variety of denials, acceptances, maybe some waitlists, that alone tells you something, that the college is a reach.

Also note where your student's little blue person is in relation to the result points, are they surrounded by green, or red, or a mix.

One issue is that all bets are off with test optional. I don't even know how that would be depicted in a scattergram, but this year is crazy enough so far that being surrounded by green checks in the scattergram doesn't mean the student will get in, as they may be bumped by students with good grades but who did not submit scores. In other words, just plain lower chances.

+2 At multiple schools, my DC is in a sea of green dots without a single WL or rejection anywhere nearby. Guess what? These schools gave my DC 5 deferrals and one rejection this year.

[Anonymous]

just checked with the DC and she said she got access freshman year but never really knew how to use it until junior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One issue is that all bets are off with test optional. I don't even know how that would be depicted in a scattergram, but this year is crazy enough so far that being surrounded by green checks in the scattergram doesn't mean the student will get in, as they may be bumped by students with good grades but who did not submit scores. In other words, just plain lower chances.

+2 At multiple schools, my DC is in a sea of green dots without a single WL or rejection anywhere nearby. Guess what? These schools gave my DC 5 deferrals and one rejection this year.

Wow. Makes total sense, but yikes, that's what I was afraid of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand Naviance even after spending some time with it. What do people do with it? The costs are outdated and so are the deadlines/dates.

For a most selective college, the scattergrams are so crowded in the upper right quadrant with multiple symbols - even if you deselect all but the acceptances - what does it tell you? The data says "from 2020" so I assume it is from the class prior?

There is also a link to similar colleges, where thea list of 10 colleges with the last 10 years of data on acceptances (I assume specific to your HS) is shown - I find that more valuable than the scattergrams.

We use them for the scattergrams and for the # applied/# accepted each year.

If you are looking at a highly selective college with a crowded upper right quadrant, and they're a variety of denials, acceptances, maybe some waitlists, that alone tells you something, that the college is a reach.

Also note where your student's little blue person is in relation to the result points, are they surrounded by green, or red, or a mix.

One issue is that all bets are off with test optional. I don't even know how that would be depicted in a scattergram, but this year is crazy enough so far that being surrounded by green checks in the scattergram doesn't mean the student will get in, as they may be bumped by students with good grades but who did not submit scores. In other words, just plain lower chances.

+2 At multiple schools, my DC is in a sea of green dots without a single WL or rejection anywhere nearby. Guess what? These schools gave my DC 5 deferrals and one rejection this year.

Did your DC apply test optional? My kid submitted scores and has been accepted at all of her schools so far, and has been very much inline with what Naviance had shown.