<p>@Impetuous and T26E4
I expect exactly what you describe amongst those who try to literally answer the question. I wouldn’t know where to begin in deriving an honest answer to the question.
I expect further discussion, perhaps analysis of implications that I couldn’t think of, generalizations about colleges, sharing of personal experiences, or other such responses from everyone else.
I’m not so worried as to need to see my “chance” at admission at a given school but my curiosity stretches in other directions. In either case I’m honestly interested, and is it really so bad of an idea to try to instigate discussion?</p>
<p>@MazeWanderer
I may very well have made a poor choice in words. Though… thinking on it, I’m not sure I meant competitive so much. Perhaps just using subjective data it would be easier to see. I wondered whether a student who had the exact median test score/GPA/class rank as the freshman profile at a given school really has a 9% shot at school XX and 12% at YY, etc. Or whether a notable percentage of denied applicants don’t fit the profile of the students entering the school.</p>
<p>Hmmm… oh, right, so is this alright? I mean the idea that one can be perfectly prepared to handle the difficulties of the workload and education at schools but still have such a poor chance of admission? I’m not suggesting things should be different or that this is a terrible system (though I suppose I’m a bit disgruntled but that’s terribly off topic). I’m perfectly aware what happens when there are so many more qualified (competitive?) applicants than there are spots for enrollment. This is how things are. But I can’t help but dislike it. Though… I suppose I don’t mean for this to be a rant so I don’t quite know what I mean by this. Oh well.</p>