<p>I’ve found Naviance very useful. The general stats that it includes that are available everywhere - average gpa and test scores, for example, are one tool. But the scatter plots showing what gpas and test scores from OUR school were usually very different, as ours is known as a very competitive public HS. So a college that accepts an average gpa of 3.75 might have an average acceptance gpa of 3.25 from our HS. That was good info to have, because some colleges didn’t give our HS as much weight as others.</p>
<p>My S’s 3.0 might have discouraged him from trying for some colleges but looking at Naviance stats form our high school, he sometimes found he was right in the accepted group’s stats.</p>