<p>I have just received my D's high school matriculation numbers. Beyond the obvious, (ie. high/low scores for accepted students and percentages who applied and who were accepted), is there any other use or information that this form will show. For example, while 39% of the applicants were accepted at Princeton, only 22% were accepted at Dartmouth. Nothing really to make of this but that better applicants likely applied to Princeton? Also, according to this form, of the 650 or so kids who applied to schools, none applied to Bowdoin or Haverford? Seems odd. Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>The percent accepted isn't that relevant by itself without knowing how many applied. The differential between Princeton/Dartmouth probably does mean that better applicants applied to Princeton, or it could mean that for some reason Dartmouth is a popular choice at the high school and so had more applicants.</p>
<p>Sometimes high schools seem to have particular colleges that are applied to more frequently and others that aren't. Nothing to make of it. It could be word of mouth among students, or it could be the guidance staff.</p>
<p>The scores for accepted students do show something. But without knowing the scores for the students who weren't accepted you can't really assess a student's chances by looking at them. In other words, for very selective places, you can NOT assume that if an applicant's stats fall within the range of the stats of accepted students, that applicant will be accepted. Most of the students who have those very stats are rejected.</p>
<p>The only other information you could glean from the chart is what schools are aware of your high school.</p>
<p>Is this a form that the school distributes to all students/parents? Is it a private school? This sounds like it may be a privacy issue. I don't know if I'd be comfortable having everyone and their mother knowing where I got in and where I didn't (even though I'm sure it's all anonymous).</p>
<p>At my son's school, at graduation there was a page in the program saying where everyone was going and even what scholarship money each got. The former seems to be common; the latter I found unsettling. Even the former doesn't seem to be that great for the kids who are taking a gap year or aren't quite sure where they are going. This was a private school.</p>
<p>I liked the way they handled it at my daughter's graduation. We homeschooled, but the umbrella we used (as a substitute for local school system review) had a ceremony. Anyway, each graduate there wrote up a bio for the program, including whatever they wanted -- why they homeschooled, what field they are interested in, where they are going to college, the extracurriculars that are most important to them (this seemed to be what the drama sorts did ...), etc.</p>