{"id":3863,"date":"2019-10-31T08:21:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2019-10-31T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:21:43","slug":"report-high-school-performance-matters-most-in-college-admission-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/31\/report-high-school-performance-matters-most-in-college-admission-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Performance Matters Most in College Admission Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/soca2019_cover_400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3864 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/soca2019_cover_400-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/soca2019_cover_400-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/soca2019_cover_400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>New survey data from NACAC shows that a student\u2019s high school record remains the primary consideration of colleges when reviewing applications.<\/p>\n<p>The finding, included in the association&#8217;s\u00a0recently released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/soca\">2019 <em>State of College Admission<\/em> report<\/a>, has been consistent over the past three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the top four factors in freshmen college admission decisions are: (1) grades in all high school courses; (2) grades in college prep courses; (3) strength of a student\u2019s high school curriculum; and (4) admission test scores (ACT\/SAT). Meanwhile, only 1 percent of colleges indicated that a student\u2019s alumni connections or ability to pay had considerable influence during the application review process.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NACAC\u2019s <em>State of College Admission<\/em> \u2014 an annual report examining the transition from high school to postsecondary education \u2014 features survey data collected from secondary school counselors as well as admission professionals at colleges and universities across the country. Data concerning college wait lists, yield rates, and application plans is updated each year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New survey data from NACAC shows that a student\u2019s high school record remains the primary consideration of colleges when reviewing applications. The finding, included in the association&#8217;s\u00a0recently released 2019 State of College Admission report, has been consistent over the past three decades. Specifically, the top four factors in freshmen college admission decisions are: (1) grades &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/31\/report-high-school-performance-matters-most-in-college-admission-decisions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">High School Performance Matters Most in College Admission Decisions<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-nacac-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-10j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}