This idea originated from milessmiles so he (she?) takes all the credit!
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Guys, I want to do a little statistics-type project here. We all know that CC is a ridiculous place with applicants and hopefuls that are well above the norm - but I don't think that we've ever gotten a good idea of by just how much. While we can look through old decisions threads, and break down the accepted/def(wait)/rejected numbers, these figures suffer from voluntary response bias. Anyone who has been on CC a lot this past year or so will certainly post if he or she is accepted, but it's not so clear that those deferred or rejected will come rushing to this college hysteria website to tell everyone. I'd like to do something that might mollify that voluntary response bias.
We need a list of applicants that gets put together well before decisions come out... with the condition that you need to at the very least report your decision. It's understandable if you don't want to fill out a whole report if you've gotten bad news, but for the sake of statistics, it'd be nice if we could get a list of 50-60 people who all report their decision. I'm not sure if this has been done before. If not, there's enough enthusiasm on this board that I think we can make an interesting push.
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In order to assist me with the collation of information on participants for what could be a very large data set, I’m asking that pledges post some basic demographic and application statistics on this thread. That way, I won’t have to track down their individual “Chances” threads to find out the information. Here’s what I’d like to see, please copy the template and fill in your data:
Member name:
Gender:
State or Country:
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT:
SAT II scores:
AP scores:
Deferred EA (Y/N):
P.S. If for reasons of confidentiality you don’t want to post stats or location, you can PM me and I will add your data to the analysis.
THANKS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!