Academic Index... Ivy League Admissions Key?

<p>Except at my school, kids who take study halls mathematically boost their GPA. If you take the "most competitive" schedule and someone else takes a study hall, the student that deserves top rank gets cheated out.</p>

<p>How does a study hall boost your GPA? Do you mean taking a study hall in place of a non-weighted grade class, like an elective? First semester of senior year (my school has an eight-period day), I'm taking two full-period study halls and a lunch, and my only classes are 5 AP's. So I can get a 5.0 GPA</p>

<p>It's quite simple. You get so many GPA "points" for a grade in a class. However, study halls do not count as classes, hence a lower divisor, and a slightly higher GPA.</p>

<p>Example: 7 full classes with 3 AP 's (all A's) 4x4, 3x5= 31, /7 = 4.43</p>

<pre><code> 6 full classes with 3 AP's (all A's) 3x4, 3x5= 27, /6= 4.50
</code></pre>

<p>Yea I took two studies to help boost my GPA, though the only problem with this method is one slip up and you better expect steep declines, so...</p>

<p>Hmmm... it says a person with perfect scores across SAT I and the three SAT II's, ranking first in a class of 1, and a valedictorian in a class of 500 but got straight 650's have the same AI..... I wish it were so.</p>

<p>Ouch! My ears! Stop playing that horn, it's deafening!!!</p>

<p>according to "A is for Admission," AI is 2/3 of your college app. AI is a very bad indication of qualification cuz it is disadvantageous to students who go to supercompetitive schools. for example, i have a 3.8 gpa and my rank is barely 60/720. go figure i won't get into any Ivy.</p>

<p>I said before, but I'll just restate it, I am not positive but I'm pretty sure that the practice of AI is no longer a popular practice used in the Ivy's, but hmmm if some people need it to boost their ego then definitely go ahead with it, though being a nine doesn't guarantee an acceptances and being a one does not immediately get you a rejection because there are so many outside circumstances on every applicant that a formula that consider subjective factors fails to grasp the best candidates.</p>

<p>gave me a 212 AI assuming that I'll get a 650 on each SAT II test(will take november). Rank 5 out of 9</p>

<p>On class rank i said rank 1 out of 587. The one factor that I couldn't include is that I share a rank with over 10 students. Does the Academic Index factor that in also?</p>

<p>Wow... 10 people tied?</p>

<p>yep... i go to a weak public school so getting an A is actually fairly easy. Plus they don't even weigh grades. I prolly share rank 1 with like 6 students if they weigh grades (everyone of us has straight A's)</p>

<p>No +/- with your grades? And did you get those straight As with honors and AP classes, or just regular classes (since your school doesn't weigh grades)? Also, at your school, is an A 90-100% or something more difficult? After my freshman year my school switched from a 90-100 A to a 93-100, adding +/- which meant that the 92% was no longer a 4.0 or 5.0 A, but a 3.7 or 4.7 A-. It's a real pain.</p>

<p>hmmmm 224. 7 out of 9.</p>

<p>A is for Admission is an old book. AI conversions were used at Dartmouth at one point. Your scores, grades, and activities are considered for what they are, not what they produce when put into a formula.</p>

<p>my school doesn't have +/- grades. In fact, my teachers not to care about my grades and that an A is an A.</p>

<p>Oh and I'm taking the hardest classes offered.</p>

<p>In fact, if i remember correct, I might even share my rank with 16 kids. just that 10 of them are taking regular classes.</p>

<p>I wonder how admission will factor this in.</p>

<p>232, 9 out of 9</p>

<p>but that seems wrong</p>

<p>Does anybody know what to type into the formula if you enter an ACT score? For example, a 34 on the ACT corresponds to a 1520, so would it be correct to put 760 for each SAT subscore and each Subject Test?</p>