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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think UC just has better data on kids then they did before.  Who needs a Nielsen box for rating TV shows when you have Netflix monitoring every moment?  SATs are Nielsen box.  Naviance is Netflix.[/quote]

Great analogy.  I think you’re right.  [/quote]

Thanks kind DCUM poster!  I think UC has the added ‘bonus’ of a PR win...when in reality they have more data then they know what to do with on these kids![/quote]

What data do they have?  You mean GPA and transacript (and essays, often written with help of parents, teachers and other adults?)[/quote]

They have longitudinal data about how graduates of every HS did in their school down to the fraction of a GPA and also classes they took. They can look at years of data on prior graduates from the HS in their own school and see how they did. [/quote]

They also have data on the high schools themselves.  It’s why Blair Magnet gets 14 kids into MIT yet Wootton only gets UMD college park.  (Unless their is a feel good ‘story’ there for the one Princeton entry.[/quote]

Both these schools are continuing to consider test scores for applicants who submit them.

UCLA currently gets more applications than any other college in the country and gives limited weight to advanced classes.  It’s going to be a disaster:[/quote]

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