Brown has also become very popular at our local private. Unlike some of the other "reach" schools, Brown seems to keep the admit number from a single school fairly low and constant; whereas the number for some other Ivys can be "spikey".

Why do posts like this decide what schools are hot or not? I mean aren't we all past the "let's follow the cool kids" mentality and picking schools that our kids like or fit well for what they want in their lives.

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Can anyone make an account on Parchment and put some fake profile up? Sure. But actual, backed data supports what Parchment has found. Stanford released a document about cross-admits along HYPS and found that the percent preferring Stanford was: 42% vs Harvard, 58% vs Yale, 75% vs Princeton, and 63% vs MIT. Parchment shows 44% vs Harvard, 53% vs Yale, 73% vs Princeton, and 67% vs MIT. Not so different, is it?

How in the world would Stanford find out where else their regular decision admits got into?

They share their list of admits and enrollees with some universities. You can view the stats on page 20: https://stanford.app.box.com/s/y4abufqg66nte7uax6eq

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Anonymous wrote:Of course, the thing to keep in mind is sample sizes will vary depending on school. Brown vs Dartmouth will have a lot more data than Brown vs. Barnard or Brown vs. Texas A&M. You might only be able to generalize it against peer schools- ie. top 20 universities against each other, top 20 LACs against each other, etc. Wherever there is the potential for a lot of cross-admits.

I get your point but Brown and Barnard are peer schools.

Not at all. Brown and Columbia are peer, Barnard is lesser.

All 10 girls I know who've applied to Barnard also applied to Brown. Draws the same sort of wicked smart hipster girls.

yes very

The college that seems hot at my kid's school is Kenyon. I blame Harry Potter.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course, the thing to keep in mind is sample sizes will vary depending on school. Brown vs Dartmouth will have a lot more data than Brown vs. Barnard or Brown vs. Texas A&M. You might only be able to generalize it against peer schools- ie. top 20 universities against each other, top 20 LACs against each other, etc. Wherever there is the potential for a lot of cross-admits.

I get your point but Brown and Barnard are peer schools.

Not at all. Brown and Columbia are peer, Barnard is lesser.

Anonymous wrote:Of course, the thing to keep in mind is sample sizes will vary depending on school. Brown vs Dartmouth will have a lot more data than Brown vs. Barnard or Brown vs. Texas A&M. You might only be able to generalize it against peer schools- ie. top 20 universities against each other, top 20 LACs against each other, etc. Wherever there is the potential for a lot of cross-admits.

I get your point but Brown and Barnard are peer schools.

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Can anyone make an account on Parchment and put some fake profile up? Sure. But actual, backed data supports what Parchment has found. Stanford released a document about cross-admits along HYPS and found that the percent preferring Stanford was: 42% vs Harvard, 58% vs Yale, 75% vs Princeton, and 63% vs MIT. Parchment shows 44% vs Harvard, 53% vs Yale, 73% vs Princeton, and 67% vs MIT. Not so different, is it?

How in the world would Stanford find out where else their regular decision admits got into?

Of course, the thing to keep in mind is sample sizes will vary depending on school. Brown vs Dartmouth will have a lot more data than Brown vs. Barnard or Brown vs. Texas A&M. You might only be able to generalize it against peer schools- ie. top 20 universities against each other, top 20 LACs against each other, etc. Wherever there is the potential for a lot of cross-admits.

Anonymous wrote:PARCHMENT IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE omg how many times do we have to say this

Maybe you can take some time to investigate how those numbers came around?

Parchment is a commonly used platform (used by 8000+ schools) for high school students to send transcripts and build profiles to assess their chances. The latter is wacky- I won't disagree. But the actual numbers for the college-comparison tool come from students inputting their college decisions. Student X inputs that they were ultimately admitted to Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Stanford, and lists down Stanford as "matriculating". That counts as a win in the tool against S vs M, S vs Y, and S vs H. Build up a huge database (made possible by over 100,000 users) and of course you'll get something indicative.

Can anyone make an account on Parchment and put some fake profile up? Sure. But actual, backed data supports what Parchment has found. Stanford released a document about cross-admits along HYPS and found that the percent preferring Stanford was: 42% vs Harvard, 58% vs Yale, 75% vs Princeton, and 63% vs MIT. Parchment shows 44% vs Harvard, 53% vs Yale, 73% vs Princeton, and 67% vs MIT. Not so different, is it?

Anonymous wrote:PARCHMENT IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE omg how many times do we have to say this

I'm sorry, I've seen it used in wapo and the times. What is a sound source in this regard?

How is it surprising? Brown has a higher yield than all of those schools except UChicago. It's one of the most selective schools in the country as well.

PARCHMENT IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE omg how many times do we have to say this

Is this accurate? I was toying around with the cross-admit tool on parchment.
http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php

UVA vs Brown: 18 / 82%
UChicago vs Brown: 50 / 50%
Dartmouth vs Brown: 30 / 70%
Cornell vs Brown: 24 / 76%
Barnard vs Brown: 28 / 72%
Northwestern vs Brown: 38 / 62%

Somewhat surprising.