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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s wrong with Naviance? [/quote]
As the post above yours mentions, Naviance will designate whether a particular college is a reach, match, or safety for the particular student, at the bottom of the Overview page.  That designation is completely out of touch with reality, not considering splitters (high grades low scores or vice versa) and not considering that low acceptance rate schools are reaches for all applicants.

The other caveat involves the high school-specific data in the college's scattergram, which can involve a number of issues.  Hooked applicants (recruited athletes, URM, legacy) are not indicated, the data points in the scattergram can go back several years (too old to be relevant), students may have failed to update a waitlisted status, etc.

I don't know what Naviance plans to do with test optional applicants - presumably, if the student had a test score, they will be represented as a data point on the scattergram even if that test score was not submitted.

I noticed a news article the other day that Hobsons has sold Naviance to another company.  It'll be interesting to see if anything changes this summer.[/quote]

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