<p>So I was doing a little research yesterday and stumbled upon what is called the Common Data Set, which essentially, in my terms, is a survey that ALL colleges take after each year, and provides in-depth statistics of the admitted and enrolled students (both first year freshman and transfer). All you have to do is Google a college name along with "CDS" after it along with years (ex: 2012-2013).</p>
<p>Reason why I am posting about this: The Common Data Sets is the most reliable information as it is coming straight from the colleges themselves, so you won't have to wonder as to which website is telling the right info. </p>
<p>I hope this helps everyone in need of chances for a college! :) It's been helping me a lot!</p>
<p>hmmm…thanks… I will look at this.</p>
<p>My admissions counselor told me that the level of accepted students doesn’t mean that represents the actual enrollment for the year. 2/3 get into NYU-SCPS but only 2/3 of that actually enroll. It also represents a very small portion of NYU as a whole. </p>
<p>I think it varies from school to school at each university. They all have different application requirements.</p>
<p>I agree with you on the point that it only represents a very small part of the colleges, yet this can be somewhat helpful for looking at trends and to give others a general idea of what exactly a college/university is looking for in their students. It’s been helping me narrow down my college choices</p>
<p>If you have been in this forum long enough, you should be aware of that already. Same information were pulled out from CDS and posted in many website for college admission already. If you use those websites, you are reading the same data already. Note that the CDS 2012-2013 is for 2012 Fall admission. You may actually find more updated data (for Fall 2013 admission) for some schools on their admission website.</p>
<p>This looks interesting. Can anyone testify to its effectiveness?</p>
<p>I personally can’t. I’m just going to be a senior this year, so I’ve been on the crackdown for the details. Someone should be able to testify though.</p>