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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After 20 pages, OP, I think you have your answer. [/quote]

Actually list still not helpful bc how do you really know how your kid compares to Bobby.  Bobby’s hard stats are really only 50% of the equation.  You don’t know the rest, which might include great recommendations, or amazing extracurriculars, etc.  Also, you are compared only to your own individual class. Just because someone gets into Amherst one year, doesn’t guarantee that a similar kid will get in the following year.  [b]The profile of what a college wants changes.[/b] [/quote]

As does the profile of the kids applying each year.  For example, maybe there was only 1 "Bobby" applying to that college in that year, but your kid's class has 3 kids like Bobby all applying to the same school. You never know who Bobby was competing against in his class or who your child is competing against either.  All you know is enrollment (and for some kids you know well, acceptances).  Enrollment lists aren't enough, you need to know applications, acceptances, enrollment. And even that isn't helpful if the same kid is counted in acceptances of all the top schools. [/quote]

But this information is better than a shot in the dark? And 1 of the many datapoints the senior will use to guide him or her? Don't you agree?

Transparency in any process is useful, unless the school is trying to manipulate who goes where.[/quote]

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