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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These numbers are all self-reported by students who choose to participate in the survey.  Not all choose to participate.  These stats are of limited value.[/quote]

I think they come from the schools, from naviance. That is accurate as to number of applications since the school has to send transcripts, etc. And at least at DCs school (in the Bethesda mag report) the guidance office gets acceptance info from the vast majority of students. [/quote]

They do come from the schools. But the school asks the kid to fill in the results on everywhere they applied. Obviously the scholl knows where the applications went (because they force kids to use Naviance) but they can only ask them to come back for a final tally.

I know this because I spent some time poking around naviance (with his permission) when my son was applying. I asked him to check off the results. I don’t know if he did so.

I also know that the results report admission, not admission to any particular program. For example, he was rejected from his major program at one school but admitted to liberal arts. Is that an admitted, or a rejection? We’d say the latter, but maybe you wouldn’t.[/quote]

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