Two changes today:
1) Each college page now has a “discussion” tab. Discussion from news sources, blogs, and our own applicants has been moved there. Soon, but not yet, you’ll be able to make comments directly on the school’s page.
2) The “discussion” tab allowed us to free up a lot of space in the “Applicants & Predictions” page for each college. In its place, we now show you the students’ class rank and home state. More to come on this.
New feature: community predictions. These allow you to rate fellow members’ chances at any school where they have not yet received a decision (acceptance/waitlist/rejection), and others can rate you.
In short time, I’ll be developing an “application” to go with this. As things stand, the plan is to display a profile based on how often you rate others profiles. The probability that someone will be taken to your profile is determined based on how many profiles you have rated. The system should, therefore, reward you for rating others’ profiles. There may be different incentive structures added on later.
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