<p>my school does this too. it also tells if the kid applied to a special program or if s/he was legacy. and it tells what quintile the kids were ranked... i wish ours was online tho</p>
<p>Would it be a stretch to say this is a violation of privacy? Its benefits proba bly outweigh its drawbacks...I know that after complaining, they agreed to take down the "WENT".... but then after I graduated, it's back...Does the "WENT" serve any purpose?</p>
<p>QPA in the stats is quality point average:
Amity HS has 5 levels: Level Honors through Level Four...An A- in LH is the equivalent of an A+ in L1...which is an 18
scale goes from 0 to 20...</p>
<p>Grades In Course A+ A A- B+ B B-
Level H - highest 20 19 18 17 16 15
Level 1 18 17 16 15 Etc
Level 2 16....etc
Level 3 14....etc
Level 4 - lowest 12....etc</p>
<p>I think its so hilarious how under drexel a kid with a 1.915 1240SAT got in and 3.7 and 1310 got rejected. They must have known he was using Drexel as a safety</p>
<p>AIM with Amity Student:</p>
<p>me: did amity ask permission to have your scores put there?
me: i wouldnt know
student: no, but i didnt care
me: oh</p>
<p>"Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):</p>
<p>School officials with legitimate educational interest;</p>
<p>Other schools to which a student is transferring;</p>
<p>Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;</p>
<p>Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;</p>
<p>Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;</p>
<p>Accrediting organizations;</p>
<p>To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena; </p>
<p>Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and</p>
<p>State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law." - <a href="http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html</a></p>
<p>I, too, was surprised that so many people from Tufts were rejected. Alas, I don't know whether to feel happy that the university is becoming more selective or sad that the poor people that felt like it was a match did not have the opportunity to go.</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>damn..Stanford and Caltech rejected the 1600 dude (dudette) w/ a 3.7 gpa.</p>
<p>this wouldn't be any privacy violation because all the scores are anonymous... and i guess unless someone @ amity looked it up it would be pretty anonymous.. however, if you knew the person's gpa and sat scores why wouldn't u know the rest, u know?</p>
<p>and yeah. the tufts stuff was like =O
ah, whatever. it's just college.</p>
<p>Realise that this is ONE school, in ONE area, with many schools only accepting a certain number of students from the school.</p>
<p>It is a good baseline, however.</p>
<p>wtf now i feel like im not lucky i wont get into Any college.....</p>
<p>dude. this at least proves that hella fools with bad scores and bad grades apply... and that the applicant pool isnt nearly as competitive as people think it is....... (at least like 50-60% are just reaching out to the stars...)</p>
<p>Or it means that the high school was grade deflated (note how none of the GPAs factored in with honors or APs).</p>
<p>here's the acceptance stats for my hs too...hope it helps! :]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sonicpixel.net/ahs04/%5B/url%5D">http://www.sonicpixel.net/ahs04/</a></p>
<p>lol wow
what kid got into all of these ivies but didn't attend?</p>
<p>also, interesting that they put em into graphs</p>
<p>Man this is scaring me. It seems like colleges only pick the top students from each school.</p>
<p>the one guy that got into harvard chose stanford instead...closer to home i guess <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>"It seems like colleges only pick the top students from each school."</p>
<p>yeah, thats exactly what they do. sadly, we get pitted against the other applicants from our schools (whether they say it or not). but that doesnt necessarily mean that the highest scorers get in, but it does mean that depending on where you go, competition can be fierce.</p>
<p>or maybe the person just liked stanford better...?</p>