<p>I'm currently a Junior, and I just found out what Naviance was. It has a lot of cool features; I'm particularly interested in their scattergram.
The SG shows the stats (gpa+sat) of the people in the past (@my school) who have applied to a certain college, and their results. I'm sure people familiar w/naviance will know this.
But just how reliable is it?
According to the data from my school (2006-2014) for UCLA (an example: there are others like it), the avg WGPA = 4.4something, and Avg SAT=2000+ for accepted. Looking at the dots on the SG, it almost seems like UCLA is a SAFETY for me (with my stats), which surprises me a lot. I won't post all my stats, but no one with stats similar to mine has ever gotten rejected from ucla in 2006-2014 (from my school). My stats are good, but not incredible or anything.
So just how good is it? My counselor says that naviance is really reliable, but I'm finding that hard to believe.
BTW, I know UCLA uses only 10-11 grade gpa, weights only APs...and all that. My question is whether Naviance is really an accurate predictor of college acceptance, because my counselors are really hyping it up.</p>
<p>Naviance is as good as the information your school’s college counseling staff inputs. Because your GCs have an incentive to make the information as accurate as possible it should be a good tool for you to use in assessing your chances. </p>
<p>One thing to note when looking at Naviance information is the statistics of students rejected by your colleges of interest. Too many people look only at the average or minimum acceptance stats, not paying attention to the fact that some of the low-end accepted students are likely special cases (recruited athletes, legacies, development cases, etc.)</p>
<p>If no one with your stats from your school has been rejected in the past few years that’s a very good sign. It doesn’t make UCLA a safety but it does indicate that your chances are quite good. </p>