<p>It basically takes all of your academic info and creates a selectivity index and tells you your chances of acceptance at certain colleges. Is this accurate? It is at my chances. net. Thanks!</p>
<p>Safe answer: no.</p>
<p>Admissions committees look at too much stuff at once and you cannot just stuff all your academics into a number, they look at everything.</p>
<p>It probably is mroe accurate at lower level colleges that give alot more weight to numbers. At higher level schools, no, it’s not going to be very accurate, because they give far more weight to thinks mychances won’t account for and won’t know how to measure.</p>
<p>agree with pancaked. It misses two crucial things: extracurriculars and need/absence of need for financial aid. Need for aid can be a big factor in deciding whether one is admitted or not. It is also hard to quantify extracurriculars, it is very subjective.</p>
<p>I don’t think it is accurate at all. I tried playing with it and it said that if I got a 2390 SAT score instead of the 2320 I have, my chances would go up 50%. I don’t think thats reasonable. If it was I would try to work my ass off for that extra 80 points to get a perfect 2400.</p>
<p>It definitely works better for the primarily numbers-based schools, and it’s accurate for others to a certain extent. It predicted that I’d be in at Middlebury for sure, but that was the only school that rejected me. </p>
<p>The most notable aspect in which MyChances is lacking is that it cannot place you in the context of that year’s applicant pool. Sure, it can say that you have a better chance than someone with a 900 SAT score and 2.0 GPA, but it can’t realize that you’re the best debater in the applicant pool at a college or the weakest violinist. It can’t judge what the school needs and what you can offer, and that is often what makes the difference.</p>