<p>This is interesting.</p>
<p>I typed in my information for if I stay at my current school which does rank until graduation. I would get a 6 out of 9. Like a 218.</p>
<p>If I go back to California where my school didn't rank to graduate, I will get a 9 out of 9 and a 234.</p>
<p>I'm an 8/9 with 227, but I was deferred from Princeton ED, so I guess this isn't as good as I thought.</p>
<p>What were your stats?</p>
<p>Yeah I don't think this thing is very good. Especially if your school ranks. I was propelled three points when I imaginatively went back to my old school that didn't rank and used the same stats.</p>
<p>don't you think it's dumb to use weighted gpa for this saying all schools do it differently? Like at my school, no one has above a 4.3 weighted, except in a few cases. And most people (a.k.a. top 5-10%, versus top 0-5%) have between a 4.0-4.2 weighted. At a school where there's no weighting, a private or prep school, a 3.6 might be you in the top 10%, but ai makes skews it</p>
<p>Yeah, the AI is pretty stupid if you ask me. I'm the same person with the same abilities and grades. But based on whether or not my school ranks it fluctuates three points.</p>
<p>I have a 1550 SAT I with 800, 790, 780 on my SAT II's. My school does not calculate rank or numerical GPA; I calculated GPA myself. Unweighted, it's between 3.7 and 3.76 (depending on how the mid-year report is counted) at a competitive private school, class size of 125. My weighted GPA is a little under 4.1, according to my calculations. Using my unweighted GPA and SAT's, my academic index is 227 and 8/9. If I used my weighted GPA, it would be 233 and 9/9.</p>
<p>let's say two canidates have these scores:</p>
<p>poor Public hs student:
SAT1: 750v 750m
SAT2: 800, 740, 770
class size of 500
weighted gpa: 4.3+
AI index: 9</p>
<p>Prep school student (Exeter, Andover, Choate, etc.)
SAT1: 750v, 750m
SAT2: 800, 740, 770
class size of 500 (of course just for this hypothetical situation)
gpa (this person's school doesn't weigh grades): 3.79 (equivalent to weighted students)
AI: 7</p>
<p>Is a student going to a poor public hs likely to get acceptance over an andover applicant based on gpa? of course not</p>
<p>"its not awful with a GPA of 4.5 ^ look above</p>
<p>what's a magnet?"</p>
<p>Schools that focus on one particular subject. e.g. music.</p>
<p>The problem with this AI is that it doesn't specify how you can calculate your weighted GPA. Are APs/IBs 5.0? 4.5? or perhaps 6.0? How are honor classes weighted? </p>
<p>I think it's only useful if you know your EXACT rank. The quartile option also results in weird indices.</p>
<p>3 with 195 and then higher if it goes by gpa.....</p>
<p>I guess the moral of the story is that GPA/Class Rank is confuzzing shiz that should be handled on a case-to-case basis and not boggled down by one unreliable formula.</p>
<p>211/5 w/class rank
221/7 w/GPA</p>
<p>They should have something where you enter the AP grade multiplier.</p>
<p>I used the GPA calculator and ended up with 2.999993 or something. That's super crap. I'll get those grades up though, and my GPA will sky-rocket! (note that its practically imppossible for IB students to get a 4.00, unweighted)</p>
<p>234/240 9/9 here. I am going to be ranked either 1 or 3rd in a class of about 700 (im in full ib diploma program)</p>
<p>After putting in my SAT scores and my Class Rank as #1, I had a 9/9. When I changed my Rank to #4 but kept the SAT scores constant, I had a 7/9.</p>
<p>Shows how ridiculous this thing is.</p>
<p>I'm like 209/6 or something with class rank.</p>
<p>Then I'm 228/9 with GPA.</p>
<p>A 7 can be seen as competitive at highly selective colleges. However, "academic superstars" who are 9s get rejected from highly selective colleges. So, though the academic index shows where you stand compared to your peers, and though a high academic score is good, it is no guarantee of admission into an extremely competitive institution. Note: even when you go to the website to calcutate your AI, it states that it does not include other important factors, such as essays, minority status, extracurricular activities, sports, and etc. Therefore, don't take the AI too seriously.</p>
<p>230 at 9/9. I feel magical.</p>
<p>to determine if an athlete is academically eligible to be recruited by the school. The more detailed version of the AI that is used by the athletic programs provides guidelines and bands for how many AI 2,3, and 4s can be recruited, etc.</p>
<p>I am wondering how the AI will change with the new change in the SATs.</p>