http://www.mychances.net/blog/2008/06/26/personalized-analysis/ Data-driven college admission prediction Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mychances.net/blog/2008/06/26/personalized-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-61 James Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:19:39 +0000 http://www.mychances.net/blog/2008/06/26/personalized-analysis/#comment-61 Yes! There are two ways to approach this: aggregate (i.e., lump together all APs) and individual (i.e., show all of them separately). Aggregate is good because it gives a larger sample size, making the number more meaningful. Individual is good because it lets you see very specific comparisons, but is bad because it makes use of smaller numbers (perhaps only 3 people at school X have taken AP French). Maybe we'll just do both... Yes! There are two ways to approach this: aggregate (i.e., lump together all APs) and individual (i.e., show all of them separately). Aggregate is good because it gives a larger sample size, making the number more meaningful. Individual is good because it lets you see very specific comparisons, but is bad because it makes use of smaller numbers (perhaps only 3 people at school X have taken AP French). Maybe we’ll just do both…

]]> http://www.mychances.net/blog/2008/06/26/personalized-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Will Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:49:18 +0000 http://www.mychances.net/blog/2008/06/26/personalized-analysis/#comment-57 I would love to see AP and SAT II scores listed in the personal analysis! Any chance of implementing this feature before this year's ED/EA admissions cycle? I would love to see AP and SAT II scores listed in the personal analysis! Any chance of implementing this feature before this year’s ED/EA admissions cycle?

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