How Accurate Are CCers W. Their Predictions?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, this thread will probably help the juniors out there who are beginning to freak out over college admissions. For all those CCers who put up Chances Threads throughout this year, how accurate were your CC reviewers? I'll go first and put up the CC predictions vs final results:</p>

<p>Summarized Stats: 2120 SAT, 790 Math IIC, 740 Spanish, 700 History, GPA was low in CC standards but I go to an extremely competitive school (as in... one of the top 10 feeder schools in the US where the valedictorian has an A- avg,) URM, Good ECs? Umm... Good Essay (An admission officer at both Colgate and Columbia mentioned my essay after I was accepted.)</p>

<p>Predictions:
Yale: Rejected
Princeton: Waitlisted
Columbia: Rejected
UPenn: Waitlisted
Dartmouth: Accepted
Cornell: Accepted
Georgetown: Accepted</p>

<p>Outcome:
Yale: Rejected
Princeton: Rejected
Columbia: Accepted
UPenn: Accepted
Dartmouth: Accepted
Cornell: Accepted
Georgetown: Accepted</p>

<p>So I took CCers' opinions so seriously... and by March I had lost hope on Columbia and was already making plans to try to get off the Princeton watilist. I'm going to Columbia next year. :-D WootWoot.</p>

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<p>Haha. Word.</p>

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<p>Not bad ... guess CC'ers are pretty accurate :)</p>

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<p>It seems like CCer's predictions are really hard. Out of those 7 schools, CCer's predicted 3 Acceptances, while end result was 5/7.</p>

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<p>well i think they are especially off for people who go to competitive private schools (like i am in the same boat as you, no one in my class has a 4.0 and 99% go to 4-year college, etc.)</p>

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<p>well i guess its good that CCers predictions are so harsh :) the outcome is usually better than predicted :D.</p>

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<p>lol as i predicted before reading that results, CC'ers are extremely tough on predictions to ivy (sometimes even harshly defensive?) but i guess it can't really be blamed since ivies are the fickle ones, really, no one can predict. and i agree with lil_killer, the CC'ers are often hard on stats, i guess 1. because CC'ers are generally competitive (which leads sometimes to mm.. can we call it refusal to believe?) 2. no one can predict what the schools are actually thinking, so i guess being harder than needed can be used to prevent inflated chances (but often ends up deflating them)</p>

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<p>congrats on the admissions! and hope to see ya next year ^^</p>

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<p>Dude you are just as well of flipping a coin you know.</p>

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<p>Let me just say this (b/c I've been wanting to for a while, lol):</p>

<p>When I was a naive...junior, I did the "what are my chances" thread thingy for Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, and UW and one user (not going to identify) said I should make myself really happy with UW (implying that's where I'd end up). </p>

<p>I'm going to Stanford next year. :p</p>

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<p>My predictions are an exact science. I have a 107% accuracy rating.</p>

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<p>lol theoneo. Read your location too ... thats jersey for sure. can't believe they canceled gov school -_-</p>

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<p>Actually, it's back on. I'm going. =P</p>

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<p>oh? well i cant go so i wouldnt know ... dont think sophmores can =P did the state fund it or was it from donations? last i heard they were collecting donations ...</p>

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<p>I'd say CC'ers did pretty well in your case...they got 5 out of 7 correct. That's better than flipping a coin (I cound waitlists and rejections the same, if you're wondering why I said 5 instead of 4).</p>

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<p>All from private donations.</p>