<p>Indirect information can be helpful, it is true. The NPC can be completely accurate or wildly off, depending upon a multitude of data points. It was right for my D, wrong with her best friend. I work with students who get often completely different scenarios since it was first introduced. </p>
<p>That said, there is plenty of advice here that is just simply wrong. Kids giving other kids advice about college admissions or essays or any one of a number of posts each day. I laugh when I see a kid asking another kid for advice about getting into college, when it is clear they haven’t attended yet, either. </p>
<p>Don’t even get me started on Chance Me threads. :/</p>