Naviance problem or incompetent GC?

snoozn
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:30:35 +0000

Regarding the scattergram obsession: Yes, it’s probably good I wasn’t even aware of them until my daughter had most of her apps in. Though some of the points made don’t apply. She’s mostly applying to SLAC’s, so I don’t think there’s the huge difference in acceptance for different majors that you might find at a big U. (Though I’m not entirely sure about that). And for rigor, this is a small school with no AP/IB/Honors (shocking!), and my daughter has taken all the highest “college prep” type classes. There are a few kids who take lots of classes at the university next door, but not many on a regular basis. But point taken that we know nothing about the kids’ ec’s, community service, etc. Like I said, maybe good that I’m only looking at these things after the horse has left the barn.

And it is interesting to wonder what’s going on with a denial of a high scores/high gpa kid or why a kid with a 2.5 gpa and 1500 (incl writing) SAT would apply to Harvard. (Note: my daughter is not applying to Harvard, just looking at them out of curiosity!)