the data from ranking unlimited high schools
/We can only imagine what the data will look like next year. It has been reported that only 38% of students rank 12 choices on their applications. Shocking. How many students will actually take advantage of this “unlimited” app?
What is the likelihood:
that the applicant : seat ratios for the few wildly popular tiny schools will go WAY up, so that any data will be artificially inflated?
since 62% of students don’t rank even 12 choices, that there will still be kids who still don’t get a placement from their list?
That people will complain with indignation that they got their “10th choice” when they placed 9 schools on their list that they had almost no chance of getting into?
The data that has been comforting and consistent for almost a decade - that around 75% of students get one of their top 3 choices, and that about 85% get one of their top 5 will be out the window. We’ll see.
Whatever you do, however many schools you list…make sure to have a couple of worthy safeties at 1:1 or 0:1 on your list. They are out there.
