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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do know that schools use Slate to auto-recalculate the GPA for only the classes they want, right?

https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=ygz90f7yhhcmc2hayamsb4kpvy301e

https://advisortraining.wayne.edu/remote_advising/slate_overview.pdf
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Can someone do a deep dive on Slate and how it works, along with visuals? I will post on YCBK reader questions (can others do it as well) - because maybe they'll cover this in a podcast.

It's a big black box, and parents should have more visibility.[/quote]
+1.

The amount of algorithm number-cooking that goes on in college admissions is vastly underestimated by many, including those who think "holistic" only refers to personal judgment calls by human admission officers reading "in context."[/quote]

Agree with this. Is there someone on here who knows more about the college algos? This is how this thread (or a new one) could actually be helpful to parents. I want more info on what numbers they are being shown, which help the AO with "holistic" admissions. Saw a visual showing how a school can "Track Majors By Round" - even for schools that don't admit by major.....the more you know.
Now I understand why our private tells the boys interested in business/CS/eng that in the RD round, most chances are slim - and pick that ED/REA choice strategically given the oversubscribed major.
This visual is helpful for me to see just how major comes into play in RD to shape the class?
https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=y9pht9rumtfmy43uc36m5eep1zsojj[/quote]
Enrollment management consulting is a multi-billion dollar industry. Algorithms are proprietary trade secrets.

One piece of that puzzle was College Board's Landscape tool, which was used by nearly all top colleges. College Board decided to end that product this year https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/09/05/college-board-ends-tool-share-geographic-context-colleges. It'll be interesting to see how things change. Landscape featured a number of data points aggregated for the customer, including census tract. Some of that was used for yield, some for financial aid balancing in the aggregate, some for both. I have no idea what will happen, but thinking out loud, it would make sense for College Board to simply sell the underlying data to some other mathematical modeling consulting firm, probably someone already in the enrollment management industry.[/quote]

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