| "This thread highlights the fundamental flaw of the "Here are my stats, what are my chances?" threads on College Confidential."
Yep - I always find those posts somewhat pointless - no one can tell you your chances except for the admissions officers - and then you only get a really "honest" answer when the official enveope arrives.
And one of the traps people readily fall into - they look at the stats of the ADMITTED students (eg, sat 25-75 percentiles) to see how their stats compare. What they don't stop to think about is how many with those stats are still rejected!! Being at the 75 percentile guarentees you nothing, if over 50% of the applicants with those stats were rejected! |