Geodemography

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<p>I've watched numerous threads devolve into nitpicking and unsourced personal opinions. What influences colleges' admissions decisions? Test scores? Extracurriculars? Essays?</p>

<p>Well, what if we're missing a large piece of the puzzle? What if colleges could purchase a service to describe neighborhoods and high schools?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/descriptor-plus_06.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/descriptor-plus_06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/miscellaneous/ClusterDescriptionGuide.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/miscellaneous/ClusterDescriptionGuide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I have no problem with using the data for outreach. Is it ever used in enrollment, though? What if you really want to attend a large, OOS college, but (unbeknownst to you) your neighborhood/high school are tagged as, "prefer small, private institutions close to home." (or vice versa) </p>

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<p>Enrollment management is essentially pricing and demand management, so I would expect many colleges are using…</p>

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<p>Can we tag this to the “who hires geography majors?” thread?</p>