<p>Do most high schools have this program to assist students in college selection?</p>
<p>Ours doesn’t, wish they did. From what I’ve seen, it can be a nice tool.</p>
<p>I love it. Do a search on this forum. There are lots of schools who permit you to sign in as a guest. That way you can see a lot of the data- at least from those particular schools.</p>
<p>Our school began using Naviance last year. My daughter LOVES it. It gave her a lot of information about colleges, helped her with her student profile, and is very easy to use. It will be even better in years to come as there will be more student acceptances, waitlist, rejections for more listed from our high school. Still, it is great. The use of Naviance is one of the only positive things I can say about our guidance department.</p>
<p>mowc-
Can you possibly post a link to a school that lets you sign in as a guest?? Thanks!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=115922&highlight=tcci[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=115922&highlight=tcci</a></p>
<p>thanks, lderochi.
I found that link and have been playing around with it. Dumb question, though. Will this allow you to see only the acceptance rate for the school you logged in under, or is there a way to navigat out of that. I tried to change the state, but it didnt seem to work. Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>The login is school-specific. It would be interesting if Naviance compiled nation-wide acceptance info (scattergrams).</p>
<p>Any way to find out which schools subscribe?? I’d be curious, if I can’t see the stats for my kids school, what the stats look like for other schools in the area. I wonder what it costs a school to purcase the software. I was playing around on the naviance site, but dont want to go so far as to have any sales info sent to me!
BTW, I think TCCi is now called the “Counselors Office”. I don’t know what TCCi stood for. Anyone??</p>
<p>I was looking for a town in eastern MA with school demographics similar to my town. I came up with this one:</p>
<p><a href=“https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=hopkinton[/url]”>https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=hopkinton</a></p>
<p>password: hillers</p>
<p>Substitute the town name at the end of the link for any town in your area. If they have an account and it has a guest entrance and you are a good password guesser - you’re in.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information. I wish that our hs participated.</p>
<p>our school has it. it’s nice because you can see the distribution of early vs. regular; highest, lowest, and averages accepted per decision round.</p>
<p>My school has TCCI. I go to New Trier High School in IL. It’s a very competitive public high school with 98% of students going on to college. Here’s a link to our TCCI where you can log in as a guest. Enjoy. :)</p>
<p>(This is my first CC post. I hope it helps)</p>
<p><a href=“https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=newtrier[/url]”>https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=newtrier</a></p>
<p>northeastmom our hs started using this when my son was applying to colleges. It’s lots of fun to plug in stats and see past results. BUT I have to say that it can also be dangerously misleading. Let me give you an example-
my son’s gpa was higher and his sats higher than most of the kids on the charts who got into top colleges. When acceptances came out at the end of his senior year I read the list of names from the class of 05 who got into Harvard, 8 miles away from where we live. A couple were children of professors, one a son of a dean, another a huge legacy and son of a professor emeritus etc etc. I’m sure if I went back into the program he’d still be charted along the top of the graph. My point here is that naviance is pure numbers. No accounting for all of the many other factors that go into admissions.
But it is fun and interesting to look at!</p>
<p>I agree. The pool of data is so small that few conclusions can be drawn, not to mention the fact that essays, sports, and recommendations aren’t considered in the graphs. It is most useful to students who actually go to the high school merely to compare themselves with kids from the same school. I know highschools have tons of different scales and systems for GPAs so comparing to kids on the same scale really helps.</p>
<p>andi, I realize all of that. I have also followed your family’s story last year. I was just heartbroken as to what happened to andison, and I hope that things are looking up this year. I have not followed your posts closely this year, b/c I know that you do not want to post anything to soon regarding andison. I wish you and your son all the best! </p>
<p>We are certainly not looking at Harvard, or any top tier schools. My S has all of his apps in anyway. I just think naviance is a fantastic program, but you are correct that it does not say “son of college professor” , “recruited athelete” etc.</p>
<p>Well you’re more astute than I was! But for other neophytes, it’s good to be aware of the limitations of these programs. I’m sure CC readers won’t be mislead though- they’ve learned from all the wise posters here.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t have access to this particular program, at least the parents don’t. However the guidance dept. does keep records, which are “supposed” to be public. They don’t make it too easy to get to however. For example, they won’t let you photocopy, and you’d need to sit there and copy by hand to get the info. And the most recent data was from three years ago! Even with all those obstacles, I’d still characterize it as the most valuable information we had in the college search. Put it this way … we could definitely see certain patterns that emerged!!</p>
<p>I would certainly be persistent and see whether or not you are allowed to view this info. Don’t always take the word of the GC secretary. My advice is to check with the main office for your school district to find out the real policy.</p>
<p>Since I’m one of only two kids from my high school to ever apply to my college (and the only kid ever admitted) anyone who logs in for my high school has access to my GPA and SAT if they happen to remember where I go to college. That bothers me on principle… the designers should have required a minimum sample size in order to protect privacy.</p>
<p>beck86nj, I agree with you that they should not post it. I noticed that most schools will not develop a scattergram, or list how many were admitted and their stats, unless at least 5 students applied (this can be over a period of several years).</p>