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inforapound
Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:10:25 +0000

ETA- oops, now I realize Jym626’ earlier post was to a NYT article describing the Parchment data I linked to below!
It could be that the Parchment link has updated data, but who knows.

jym626:

There was a study published many years ago with tables comparing choices students made ( eg how many chose Penn over Columbia, etc).

If I’m understanding you correctly, this link from Parchment might be of interest. It shows the proportion of students admitted to a particular pair of schools who chose one or the other. (You can add your own school choices in place of those given in this example.)

They describe the methodology a bit, but it’s not clear to me exactly where the data come from, or what size dataset is used. Still, I thought it was fun to play around with.

parchment.com

Compare Colleges: Side-by-side college comparisons | Parchment - College...

When students are admitted to two schools, they can only attend one. Find out which they prefer by matching up the two colleges.