Naviance data

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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Hi everyone, I have a question regarding Naviance data.

How accurate is Naviance data (historical admits) for predicting how many people get into “x” university over the years?

Now, for Stanford, I know my (medium-sized, semi-competitive, CA) public school’s track record is no bueno. There has only been 3 admits in the last five years or so, and one of them was an athletic recruit so it doesn’t really apply to me and most of my school. I should mention that the other two were from like 2011.

I was wondering if Naviance data is really THAT accurate. Have you guys heard of cases where people got in from schools that rarely have Stanford admits?

Btw, we have around 3-5 admits to Ivy League/CalTech/MIT/Stanford each year and there’s no particular school that we send a lot to out of the universities I just mentioned, I just know we haven’t had much luck with Stanford. (I mean, it’s Stanford lol)

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Are you using a Naviance account that is provided by your school? If so, then all of the data you are seeing is specific to kids from your school. That data is about as accurate as you can get because it shows exactly who got in from your school and why they did. I think that should answer your question but feel free to ask more…

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Naviance only looks at SAT scores and grades, there is way to much that is taken into consideration when it comes to selecting students to depend on that. Grades are only used to get you passed the first phase, then ec’s, recs, and essays become more important