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Matriculating Class 2030   ·   Bulletin No. 03   ·   May 2026

My Stats · The Record

My stats, my cycle.

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The Record · Step 1 of 7

Tell us your cycle.

A few minutes. No account, no email required. Bucketed for privacy — K-anonymity at N ≥ 5. You'll get a recovery code so you can come back and update outcomes as decisions land.

The Record · Step 2 of 7 · Academic

Your exact unweighted GPA, on a 4.0 scale. We bucket for aggregate views; never publish individual records.

Out of 1600, multiples of 10 only. Highest composite if superscored. Top-25 schools typically report a 25–75 percentile band of 1450–1560.

Out of 36. Top-25 schools typically report a 25–75 percentile band of 33–35.

Most high schools don't rank — leave blank if yours doesn't.

The Record · Step 3 of 7 · Demographics

If you're an international applicant to US colleges — pick the region you're applying from. International admit rates run different from domestic ones; we keep them distinct in aggregates.

Optional. Used only in aggregate cuts (e.g. STEM gender mix at MIT) and never linked to your record.

Legacy here means you marked a legacy box on at least one application — not every school weights legacy equally (Harvard recently dropped it; MIT and Caltech never used it). All fields shown only in aggregate, never with identifying detail.

Aggregate only — used to surface what kinds of recognitions appear in admit cohorts. Specify in "Anything else" below if you want to add context.

The Record · Step 4 of 7 · Extracurriculars (optional)

Your top three, briefly. Specifics help future applicants understand what "real" activities look like in admit profiles.

The Record · Step 5 of 7 · Applications & outcomes

Add each school you applied to in your order of preference (most-wanted at the top). Mark each as Reach / Target / Likely / Safety and the decision you received. Return any time with your recovery code to update outcomes as decisions land.

Auto-populated from the schools above where you have an admit (direct, off-waitlist, or post-deferral). Skip if undecided or doing something other than enrolling this fall.

The Record · Step 6 of 7 · Reflections (optional, encouraged)

Your honest self-assessment. We never publish individual grades; aggregate distribution helps future applicants set expectations.

Optional. Specifics help future applicants. Anonymized in any publication.

Free space. Use this to flag anything our structured fields don't capture — sub-college applications (Wharton, Georgetown SFS, Cornell CALS), unusual circumstances, context.

The Record · Step 7 of 7 · Notifications & submit

Used only to send your recovery code and (if you opt in) occasional updates from The Quad. Never required. Never shared. We will never email you about anyone else's data.

We're building a curated library of verified, admitted essays. Writers are compensated. Your name and identifying details would be redacted; only your bucketed stats, admit school, and the essay text itself would be visible. You set the terms; you can withdraw any time. Opt-in only.

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Thank you. Your cycle is in the record.

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The Record · Vol I · Issue 03
Class of 2030

My admissions cycle.

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In the Record alongside 4,217 other Class of 2030 applicants.

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