<p>So, my school does not rank. This coming senior year, we will probably only have 20 students, 21 at the most. In order to figure your AI, you need an exact rank...but we literally have no rank because having something like 7/20 would make you look bad. </p>
<p>I know the AI goes like this:
The Academic Index (AI)
High School Record:
o Class rank
o Completion of UT required high school curriculum
o Extent to which students exceed the UT required units
o SAT/ACT score </p>
<p>I know they figure it from [1-(class rank/class size)]*100, and reading and math scores from the ACT or SAT. My question is, how do they do this for someone who comes from such a small class? I'm retaking the SAT in October to improve my math (600, bleh) and am shooting for around a 650 so it will put me over a 1400 out of CR/M.</p>
<p>Hi, laurennicole, my kids also attended a Texas non-ranking HS, which I the reason I stumbled into the whole holistic review AI/PAI calculation thing! I am with Pinata, don’t get too wrapped up in it. I simply like to point it out to applicants who aren’t aware of the factors UT considers important.</p>
<p>On your precise question, talk with your school counselor or person responsible for submitting information to UT. They will be very familiar with what is involved. In some form, they will be providing UT with both your grades and a grade distribution for your class so that UT can assign you an estimated class rank placing you in context with your peers.</p>
<p>Non-ranking is not popular in Texas, but is much more the norm among private college preps in the NE. Based on everything I’ve read about how non-ranked kids do in college admissions + how my own kids fared, I think it all works out well for all and generally benefits more students in the class than just those at the tippy top.</p>