College Merit
Learning and science
college admissions
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.48.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for making sure safety schools are free
From 1 comment
At a minimum, it's a great way to make sure your "safety schools" are free.
rhc2104 on HN
Objections
Scholarships usually depend on competitive or discretionary factors beyond grades
From 2 comments
Pretty abysmal idea, really. Granted I graduated over a decade ago, but I recall scholarships not generally being tied to either grades or test scores. Many public universities…
ubernostrum on HNI agree that most merit scholarships have an additional competitive component, and that includes the more prestigious schools that offer merit scholarships. However, this tool is…
rhc2104 on HN
Data sourced from unofficial forums may be unreliable
From 2 comments
Are the forums from collegeconfidential.com a good/trust-worthy source of data? I am not very familiar with the site but it seems like anecdata at best. Looking at some of the…
dfc on HNI would definitely put that somewhere on the site instead of the link to cc.com that leaves people wondering how legitimate your numbers are.
dfc on HN
Hides complexity of admissions rules
From 1 comment
This tool hides the complexity of the process. Like I said, I once was tasked to write an admissions calculator. This was in 2006, and was for the (at the time) member schools of…
ubernostrum on HN
Form usability: unclear fields and inputs wiped on validation error
From 2 comments
I don't live in America so I haven't been through the school/college system here so I didn't know what either of the fields meant. Perhaps you could have some kind of tooltip…
pattle on HNThe site wipes the content of the inputs if I submit without enough information. Since I'm not American and don't know what the score ranges should be, can you put a little…
Evernoob on HN
Requests
Add tooltips explaining fields and score ranges
From 2 comments
I don't live in America so I haven't been through the school/college system here so I didn't know what either of the fields meant. Perhaps you could have some kind of tooltip…
pattle on HNThe site wipes the content of the inputs if I submit without enough information. Since I'm not American and don't know what the score ranges should be, can you put a little…
Evernoob on HN
State where the data comes from and how it was verified
From 1 comment
I would definitely put that somewhere on the site instead of the link to cc.com that leaves people wondering how legitimate your numbers are.
dfc on HN
Questions
Are the collegeconfidential.com data sources trustworthy?
From 1 comment
Are the forums from collegeconfidential.com a good/trust-worthy source of data? I am not very familiar with the site but it seems like anecdata at best. Looking at some of the…
dfc on HN