So who do I get compared against?

Beautifulnights
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:48:19 +0000

Hm I’m not sure. Maybe your region in general? (if you really do go to a no-name town). But I’d be wary to take the “compare against your peers” literally…I mean, sure they look at schools in the same region, but at the same time you shouldn’t think that you need to try to “beat” the #1 at the other school or anything like that. Because you don’t know what their majors are, or their essay is, what their scores are, or anything like that. The colleges aren’t obligated to take either of you, even if one of you is better than the other (assuming this isn’t a safety).

My point is- you’re not just being compared to one other school. You’re being compared regionally, as well as nationally with SAT/ACT scores and things like that.

But this is all just my speculation. Take it with a grain of salt.