a-mean-o-acid Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 I'm worried because my NAQ dropped from 50-75th percentile last year to 0-25th this year This was in spite of adding a bunch of additional things including research and jobs, so I was pretty disappointed. I know the applicant pool this year was super competitive, but such a big drop worries me I made a mistake on my application or one of my verifiers said something bad about me. Obviously they won't re-evalute my application, but would they give me any additional info if I sent them a message? And is there any way that would impact/hurt my application next year? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygoid Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 I would be surprised if they gave you additional information. my guess is that you either won't receive a response or get a copy/pasted answer stating that they can't give individualized feedback. from my understanding the applications are looked multiple times. it's unlikely that there is an error. It's common practice to double-check all your entries with your verifiers prior to submission - to avoid any misunderstandings when some inevitably receive a verifier check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel-erate Your Breath Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Furthermore, if your NAQ dropped from 51st percentile to 49th percentile, that isn't actually reflective of a huge change to your NAQ score (and would probably be an expected change based on the crazy applicant pool), but that would be a change that drops you to the lower quartile (which looks worse than when you assess it by the raw numbers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offmychestplease Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 13 minutes ago, Excel-erate Your Breath said: Furthermore, if your NAQ dropped from 51st percentile to 49th percentile, that isn't actually reflective of a huge change to your NAQ score (and would probably be an expected change based on the crazy applicant pool), but that would be a change that drops you to the lower quartile (which looks worse than when you assess it by the raw numbers) they went from 50-75 to 0-25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel-erate Your Breath Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 minute ago, offmychestplease said: they went from 50-75 to 0-25 which is a 25-50 drop depending on where they feel in the brackets OH whoops misread. Thought they said 50-75 down to 25-50. Jeez okay that's rough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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C737 Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Sorry to hear that! As someone with a similar situation last year I emailed and they were polite but stuck with their stance on not providing further feedback. It did not seem to cause any negative impacts but didn't exactly help either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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