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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask Chat GPT. Seriously.

Obvi he is not the final answer and needs to be verified, but could save you time and give useful info to point you in a new direction.

I am amazed at the results for all my requests.
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Best advice on here.
As a test, I plugged in my daughter's wish list and stats. Here's what ChatGPT suggested: Wake Forest, TCU, Baylor, SMU.
She just graduated from Baylor

I plugged in my son. Suggestions were: Grinnell, Carleton, Macalester, Kenyon, and Denison. He graduated from Grinnell a few years ago.
It was incredible how the lists Chat GPT created was nearly identical to the lists we came up with.[/quote]

Yes, I used the paid version of Claude last fall.
It does work, but you need to put as much detail as you can.
I put in my kids' stats/narrated profile and favorite (so far) schools. Also, the type of college environment, obviously major and desired oncampus ECs. I also input our private school's data (last 3 years for both matriculation and admissions) as reported to the parents by our school. To get a tailored idea of which schools regularly admit our students (and I asked Claude to analyze it in light of the request for a school list of 15-20 schools, heavy on the reaches).

Lastly, the kid was test-optional at certain schools, so I asked for reach schools where TO was not always a penalty (eg. Vanderbilt, WashU, SLACs) and which schools heavily overweight ECs and awards (national-level). Got a very good list. DC got into several high reaches.

Interestingly, I continued to ask/refine the prompt as EA (and merit) decisions came in, and Claude revised chancing throughout the winter. Was very accurate (got into schools with over a 40% chance, including 3 T20).[/quote]
I didn't put anywhere near that much into ChatGPT. I put in GPA, test scores, size preference, and wish list - for example, DD wanted school spirit, D1 football, fun traditions, but no big state schools. That's all that I put in. [/quote]

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