How accurate is Parchment?

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<p>It gave me an 86% chance at Georgia Tech. For reference, here are my stats. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1547918-chances-georgia-tech-early-action.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1547918-chances-georgia-tech-early-action.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Subbed for interest. 92 percent chance for NEU EA with my stats, 22 percent to JHU ED, 63 for BU, 64 for Brandeis, 16 at CMU, and 10 percent at tufts, 7 percent at cornell (-.-)</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Bumpity Bump bump</p>

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<p>I would not put all of your faith in Parchment or other sites. These sites can only look at objective data, which are your GPA and test scores. They can not factor in the subjective part of your application- essays, LOR, EC. That being said, my son used parchment last year, and for some state schools (UM, UF), he had something like a 90% chance ( and got in), a less than average chance at UNC (and got in) and a better than average chance at UVA (and was wait listed). He had a less than average chance at WUSTL and is attending school there this year.</p>

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<p>You should be a match for GA Tech, but I would not count on that percentage at Parchment. First, their criteria is based on the whole school admission stat from 3 years ago. Second, it also does not distinguish between in state and out of state. Third, the admission stat is likely different for different colleges (e.g. higher for engineering). Fourth, GA Tech has joined the CommonApp this year and the admission stat is likely to go further up. Last, there are other non-parametric criteria that cannot be included in their calculation such as EC and recommendations.</p>