just to show how accurate cc predictions can be

Applying to College
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in november i posted my stats and now i’ve gotten all my letters back. Here’s my original thread, with all my stats, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=7640&highlight=varsity1AC[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=7640&highlight=varsity1AC</a>.
CCers said
Harvard: Slight Reach
Dartmouth: Slight Reach
WUStL: Match
Yale: Slight Reach
Chicago: Match
UCLA: Match
Macalester: Safety (?)
Wellesley: Match
Brandeis: Safe Match (?)
Boston University Safe Match

The results-
Harvard- Rejected
Yale- Rejected
WUSTL- waitlisted
Dartmouth- Rejected
UCLA- accepted
Macalester- Accepted
Wellesley- waitlisted
Brandeis- Accepted
BU- accepted
uchicago- accpeted (yay! my first choice- uchicago '09)

pretty accurate.

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<p>here was my thread:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=19207&highlight=Dru2k%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=19207&highlight=Dru2k&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>CC's were 100% accurate. haha.</p>

<p>cc said:
ucb/ucla - slight reach
ucsd - match
ucd/uci - safety</p>

<p>results:
ucb/ucla - rejected
ucsd - accepted
ucd/uci - accepted</p>

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<p>For me...</p>

<p>CCers said...</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB - Reach
UCSD - Slight Reach
UCSB/UCD/UCI - Match
U Washington - Match
U Colorado - Safety </p>

<p>It turned out like this...</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB - Accepted
UCSD - Accepted
UCSB/UCD/UCI - Accepted
U Washington - Accepted
U Colorado - Accepted</p>

<p>yay yay :)</p>

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<p>CC'ers said:</p>

<p>Northwestern: Reach, Don't Bother
Georgetown: Reach, Don't Bother
Claremont McKenna: Reach, No Way In Hell
Carleton: Reach, No Way In Hell</p>

<p>Washington and Lee: High Reach</p>

<p>George Washington: Match/Reach
Pepperdine: Match/Reach
Penn State: Match</p>

<p>Glad I didn't listen!</p>

<p>Georgetown: rejected :(
Northwestern: accepted
Claremont McKenna: accepted
Carleton: accepted
Washington and Lee: accepted
GW: accepted
Pepperdine: accepted
Penn State: accepted</p>

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<p>Once again this proves that we're NOT college admission officers, we're students and parents.</p>

<p>All we can do is tell you how your stats compare to previous stats and our experience and knowledge, we don't read your essays or recs or interview you or know what colleges look for in applicants.</p>

<p>If it was just a computer generating decisions from your GPA and SAT's instead of people who look at you as a person, CC'ers would get things right 9 times out of 10.</p>