Calling a STATS person!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Is there anyone out there who loves working with statistics and has WAY TOO MUCH time on his or her hands?</p>

<p>You know what would be really cool? If someone would go through the STATS ONLY thread and figure out the average- for accepted and for rejected College Confidential members-
SAT
ACT
GPA-UW
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/642272-stats-only-usc-decisons-2009-a.html?highlight=STAts%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/642272-stats-only-usc-decisons-2009-a.html?highlight=STAts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Of course this will be an unscientific survey, but it still will be interesting. Maybe those statistics can be posted at the end of the STATS ONLY thread.</p>

<p>Thank you to anyone who wants to take on this challenge!!! :D :D :D</p>

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<p>Ever hear of the phrase, “garbage in, garbage out?”</p>

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<p>ouch. I sense a party-pooper!</p>

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!!!</p>

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<p>How would this be different than the information USC already provides? Many would like to believe that the average CC-er is not representative of the average applicant. This is a bit like the 90% of drivers who believe that they are above-average. While the average person on CC may be somewhat more accomplished than the average applicant, I see no reason why the pool of accepted students would not be representative of the acceptance policies of the university.</p>

<p>If the goal is a non-scientific survey, one is already available</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/profiles/2013/university-of-southern-california[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/profiles/2013/university-of-southern-california&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>All one has to do is copy/paste it into Excel, turn on AutoFilter, select all rows for “Accepted” and “Will attend” students and compile summary stats. Takes 30 seconds, the results are</p>

<p>Math: 735/700/775
CR: 700/660/738
W: 690/662/747</p>

<p>First number is median, second is Q1, third is Q3</p>