Naviance

Hey everyone. I’m pretty new to the college search here, and I’ve seen a lot of people talking about Naviance, but I’n not really sure what it is. Could someone please explain what naviance is and what it’s used for? Thanks!

It has a lot of helpful info about colleges such as acceptance rates, programs, number of students, location, etc. It also has info about acceptance histories for specific school such as how many were accepted each year and their standardized test scores and GPA. This can useful for finding which colleges favor your school.

You need to find out if your high school has a Naviance account. If it does, then you can look up schools you’re interested in, and it will show how many kids who applied to those schools got accepted/rejected/waitlisted by each of them (edit: in your own high school), and what their GPAs and standardized test scores were. It’s pretty interesting, but doesn’t tell you some specifics, such as – if a student was an athletic recruit or a legacy, and other factors that go into acceptance besides the raw numbers.

Naviance is a program that your high school might or might not purchase a subscription for. I don’t think you can subscribe independently.

Thanks all! Will I have to contact my school to get access to Naviance or is it possible for me to independently view it? Thanks!

Yes you will need to go through your school. Naviance accounts are specific to one’s school. You can get general college info from other internet sources.

If your school has a Naviance account it will be populated by your school with acceptance information from years past. There is not typically a third-party website that provides info specific to your high school. The California UCs offer some HS specific info through their data info center.

If your school subscribes to Naviance, they most likely would have already told you, because there are activities schools have students do at each grade level. That said, your school could be underutilizing it, so go ahead and ask. Your guidance office would be the most likely to know what you’re talking about.

Thanks everyone!!