Suggestion to improve the chancing process...and a fun competition!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>For those who haven't seen me around these parts, I'm going to be a second year undergrad at Vassar College.</p>

<p>I enjoy visiting this sight for a number of reasons. Of course, part if it is the satisfaction is helping people learn from my own experience, and some of it is entertainment value.</p>

<p>I do my best at chancing, as do a lot of other people. Some have been doing it a lot longer than others, but nobody ever knows what the actual results of these applications are, so in some respects this whole board is an exercise in futility.</p>

<p>My proposal:
Let's start following through with the people who ask for chances. It will be easier beginning late this fall/december when decisions for EA/ED start coming in, but we can start setting it up now if anyone is interested. I'm thinking we give general/casual comments and chances, and then mark a special part in every post designating it as an entry to be followed through: a simple YES/NO/WAITLIST for each school.</p>

<p>People can get points for correct estimated decisions, but more than that people can improve their chancing.</p>

<p>Anybody else in?</p>

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<p>bump! 10char</p>

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<p>absolutely NOBODY thinks this is a cool idea? i’ve been thinking about posting this all day hahahaha</p>

<p>so disappointed</p>

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<p>I would support this by posting my outcomes.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>I think its a great idea! But hard to implement…</p>

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<p>Awesome idea! Bump</p>

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<p>sure, why not? I’m in</p>

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<p>I think it’s a fantastic idea! We’ll have to work out logistics though.</p>

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<p>Sounds like a good idea to me. It’d help build some basis for newcomers to refer to, see accepted/WL/denied stats, etc. Count me in.</p>

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<p>Sounds like a fun idea but I can think of a lot of reasons why it’s going to be nearly impossible to pull off.</p>

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<p>Instead of “yes,” “no,” and “waitlist,” I recommend “likely,” “possible,” and “reach.” Then again, most people are using those already…</p>

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<p>@violistchan: I think we were considering using “yes/no/waitlist” when the person posts their actual admissions results. You’re definitely right in saying that “likely/possible/reach” is the kind of language used on the Chances forum already. :]</p>

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<p>Thanks for the clarification, Nabian. Do you mean we say “yes/no/waitlist” before the designated person posts the admissions results?</p>

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<p>No, we do what we usually do in the first part of the post and use words like likely/possible/reach/match…but in the second part of the post, for the competition purposes, we use yes/no/maybe to allow for an objective scoring system</p>

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<p>I’m up to the challenge . . . after a few years. I’ll be swamped with applications this fall.</p>