What should Naviance give students and their families?

It is likely that both have “maybe” ranges of mixed admits and denies at the top end, but the L&S “maybe” range extends lower than the engineering “maybe” range. I.e. it is likely that there is a stat range that is almost no hope for engineering applicants, but is within the “maybe” range for L&S.

For other schools, the differences can be more obvious. Some CSUs’ selectivity varies considerably by major. SJSU reveals its thresholds afterward (see http://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/impaction/impactionresultsfreshmen/index.html ), but Naviance information by major may be helpful for applicants to those CSUs which do not show this information.

Another example would be CS at UCSD, UIUC, or Washington. A separate Naviance plot for direct admission to CS may be helpful to show how competitive that major is relative to admission to the school overall.