College Confidential Class of 2022: Data Analysis

I think that’s hard to do, El-Cee, because there are too many variables. Correlation is not causation. In other words, if person A used a coach and got 10 acceptances, and person B did not use a coach and got only 1 acceptance, there’s no way to know if the coach was the reason for the difference or not. Maybe person A is much more talented than person B, or is a more in-demand type. Or maybe A applied to many more programs than person B, which increased the odds of more acceptances. Or maybe A applied to less-selective programs that were easier to get into, while B only applied to CMU and Pace and BoCo. There’s just no way to know.