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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]

this is exactly what UNC CH does, they have their fave hs[/quote]

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