About the "Common Data Set" and "Factors in the Admission Process"

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<h2>(In responding to a recent poster, I provided some information that may be of value to those of you concerned about college admissions factors. This is not new information to some of you; however, this information and the links have been buried in other threads, and thus I wanted to provide an improved visibility for this extracted information.)</h2>

<p>The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Thomson Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report. It may be the single most useful aid for students to size up their "chances" for admission into chosen colleges/universities. The Common Data Set (CDS) for a given school will give you the breakdown of data that might be of interest to you.</p>

<p>Here is the link to background information on the Common Data Set: <a href="http://www.commondataset.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commondataset.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Notably Harvard is not a collaborative party to the CDS, however many other colleges/universities do participate in this effort. The quickest way to access a CDS for a given college is to simply go to Google and type in: [ (college name) "Common Data Set" ]. Take a look at the listings and click. Try it... Stanford, Princeton, Yale ... the first result you see for each search will be the CDS.</p>

<p>On College Confidential, here is also a list of CDS's (may not be updated): </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...common+data+set%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...common+data+set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There's an organization called the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), which is concerned about -- you guessed it -- college admission counseling. Here's a portion of a report that was published recently titled "State of College Admission 2006". The chapter is titled "Factors in the Admission Process" (in PDF format). </p>

<p><a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyre...CA_Chapter4.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyre...CA_Chapter4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>What is the link for the Common Data Set list on College Confidential. The link in the previous post does not work. I have accessed this in the past, and now cannot find it on the site. Was it removed? Thanks.</p>

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<p>here you go:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/76444-links-common-data-sets-posted-colleges.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/76444-links-common-data-sets-posted-colleges.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>go straight to the end of that thread, as compilation lists have been reposted numerous times, and the most current links are near the thread end. If you can’t find a particular school’s CDS, just post a query, and someone will usually help in short order.</p>