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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD wasn't so lucky.  Waitlisted at both low reaches, which I would have put as high matches based on grades and SATs alone.  According to Naviance, the scores it takes to get into these schools from DD's school are significantly higher than what the common data set would indicate.

Students really are competing against kids from their own schools. But inexplicably, some kids from the same high school with lower grades, scores, and ECs got in.  The whole process has been frustrating and mystifying. At least she is warming up to one of her match schools.[/quote]
My DD was also wait listed at 2 and rejected at 1 school I'd call "strong match" due to stats and Naviance.  She opted to accept a spring admission to a school that was more of a reach and is happy with that.  But the entire process was such a mystery (and this is our 3rd time through it).  [/quote]

Many folks put way too much faith into Naviance.  [/quote]

Not just Naviance, but the whole process.  When a college is choosing among 10 or 20 or 50,000 apps, there is no way to really compare kids coming from different backgrounds.  Especially when so many high schools are not ranking, standardized tests are becoming optional, the level of rigor of courses is varying greatly among high schools, and so many kids are [b]gaming the system in various ways[/b].  The process is expensive, and seemingly random. Congrats to those who it worked for, but it seems luck plays a much bigger part in this than anyone is willing to acknowledge.[/quote]

College rankings are also gamed.  If you think undergrad is tough, try business school, where there has already been a filtering before the process begins.  A place that accepts only 2 out of 10 applicants must be missing a good number of people who could have excelled.[/quote]

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