<p><a href="http://www.collegedata.com/">http://www.collegedata.com/</a></p>
<p>This is a site where you put in your info then you can see whether a school is a reach, match, or safety. Is it legit?</p>
<p>Legit and accurate are two very different questions. </p>
<p>is it legit and/or accurate? @entomom</p>
<p>Probably legitimate in the sense that it isn’t a scam. </p>
<p>As far as accuracy, it may be fine for less selective colleges that select based on stats only. But there’s no computer algorithm that can accurately predict college admissions for selective and highly selective colleges IMO. Also, ever heard of the term ‘garbage in, garbage out’? I can guarantee you that two applicants could have the exact same ECs but wouldn’t describe them the same. </p>
<p>Agree with @entomom. College admissions to the most selective schools is an Art and not a Science…if you understand this…then you will be two steps ahead of others…</p>
<p>It does give you a good snapshot of broad chances and is easy to save your list of schools of interest - nice “housekeeping” features.</p>
<p>It does give you a good snapshot of broad chances for many schools - likely less meaningful on the fine points as you go up the scale of selectivity.</p>