<p>The blog entry suggests that prospective applicants who are interested in getting some handle on their chances should compare their numbers to recent classes of admitted students.</p>
<p>That information is available here: [url=<a href=“http://oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/www/cds/cds_explain.html]Untitled[/url”>http://oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/www/cds/cds_explain.html]Untitled[/url</a>]</p>
<p>In the Common Data Set documents, there’s one item that’s very useful (I think) that doesn’t give out numbers and scores. It’s at C7 – under the First Year Admissions tab – and it’s where the admissions office indicates the relative importance of a variety of academic and nonacademic factors in the admission process.</p>