<p>For those of you with naviance accounts through your school/GC/etc., do you think admit-deny ratios for your school or in general are more important? My school is very small but, for example, something like 20% of our applicants to Stanford enrolled last year. Does the context of your individual school greatly influence your raw percentage chances?</p>
<p>Absolutely your school-specific results are the most important. There are several reasons for this. First, some hs have a good relationship with a particular college and are able to get their students admitted to that college at a higher rate. Second, grading scales and rigor of curriculum vary widely across the many hs throughout the country. An A average at one high school might mean a lot more than an A average at another high school where the grading is easier. The college admissions rep has the profile for each high school and they know what the course offerings are and they know the rigor. So, yes, rely on your own hs Naviance most heavily.</p>
<p>Totally agree with rockvillemom. At our high school, 24% of those applying to Yale, Cornell and Brown are accepted. Not so much with Princeton, Dartmouth or Harvard. Our very large school has some very large relationships at a lot of schools. When deciding where my daughter would apply, we used Naviance more than any other source. It proved to be the most accurate barometer.</p>
<p>I think it depends on how much data your Naviance has to work with…my school is fairly new and so there isn’t a lot of student statistics to work with. This year’s class at my school was the first to have multiple people get into top colleges, so personally, I think the school data on our Naviance is and will be skewed for a couple more years until more students begin to use the program and input their statistics.</p>
<p>And WOW, 24% to Yale, Cornell and Brown. I’d kill for those statistics at my school!</p>