Just a question (or two)
Why are the colleges allowed to post these Google form questionnaires, and how will it help prospective first year students?
I think a pinned statement explaining their true purpose would be helpful.
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It’s an admin question, not a moderator question, so I’ll let @CC_Sorin respond.
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@Mainesailor, the surveys are not posted by schools, are posted by College Confidential. We want to help students get a better understanding of this year’s cohort so they can compare their profile with other applicants on the site.
Will there be a sample size that would allow this to be useful ? You’ll need a lot of surveys for each school I would think…
I guess I don’t understand why race (underrepresented minority), legacy and financial need are included in the survey, given that all 3 are used to discriminate in admissions.
And having arbitrary GPA 3.5-3.9 and SAT (1300-1450) cut offs don’t seem helpful.
What do you mean? We have one survey per school. There are surveys where we already have 50+ respondents, so the bigger the sample size, the more relevant the results.
Ok. That’s what I was asking.
I was thinking you’d just get a few. I didn’t realize the heft in response.
Thanks for answering.
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These are standard questions that we are considered for all schools. We are running the same exact survey for all schools as we do not have the resources to customize per school’s specificities.
I also worked with some community experts to customize for example for UCs but couldn’t land on some more concrete than what we currently have. Please bear in mind that the questions need to have very clear answer choises.
@tsbna44, yes. For the surveys we published several weeks ago we have received a good number of responses so the results should provide some insight to applicants.
As said, the more applicants take the surveys, the more relevant the results. 
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I think that is part of the problem. Each school uses different metrics. You can’t fit a square peg into a round hole. The questions and answers are misleading for UC and CSU applicants.
The surveys are fun to check out to see popularity of schools, but having such wide ranges of GPA and test scores, really don’t make it them that informative.
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The other thing I think needs to be considered…I don’t think the population on CC is representative of the general population. So…these results should be viewed with caution.
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