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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In fact, I know too much.  It's not true that a kid can't apply to a college at Wilson, or anywhere else, without having gone through Naviance.  Applicants can, and occasionally do, collect general letters of recommendation, guidance counselor recommendations and sealed transcripts and send them on their own unbeknownst to the school.  Keeping applications under wraps is far more common in private school settings, and abroad, but it can happen at Wilson.  There is no rule that families have to advertise where students are applying via Naviance.  A few Wilson families of top students rebel at essentially making their application choices public.  Others start applications but never complete or submit them, although Naviance data reports that they did.  Finally, admissions decisions can be kept private by families.  With many programs, only the applicant is informed of the school's decision, not the school.  A student may or may not report an admissions result via Naviance.  Privacy matters.[/quote]

The claim that I was responding to was that APPLICATION data is inaccurate,

My 2020 Wilson grad kid absolutely could not get transcripts and recommendations without going through Naviance.  It was very difficult to get counselors to submit information only slightly late (for get on time, didn't happen) when going through the official process. I can't imagine trying to get them to follow a nonstandard process.

Do you have any evidence whatsoever that kids are successful in getting extremely overworked, disorganized counseling center staff to circumvent their own process?    [/quote]

The application data certainly is inaccurate on Naviance. My Wilson '21 grad put a bunch of schools on her Naviance account that she later decided not to apply to. I'm certain that the transcripts were sent but DC never actually ended up applying for one reason or another. [/quote]

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