Academic Index, still relevant?

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<p>Hey guys!</p>

<p>After reading this useful book by an ex-Dartmouth admissions officer titled "A is For Admission." In this the author focuses heavily on something called the Academic Index, a method originally made by the Ivy League to rank recruited athletes academic achievement in comparison to a normal student accepted. However, at least according to her, the Ivy League soon began giving these rankings to all of their students using an equation I cannot recall. You should be able to find a page on College Confidential with a calculator for the AI. Dartmouth uses it from a scale of 1 to 9, 9 being the best. One surprising thing is how heavily it weighs your SAT, it consists of 2/3rds of your score. I have a 3.7 GPA but a 2400 SAT and 800 on 3 SATS IIs (My school doesn't rank students, otherwise it uses your class rank.) and I scored over 230 out of 240 qualifying as a 9 applicant on the AI. These students are the creme of the crop. My question is, is this still relevant?</p>

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<p>For ivy league schools, yes it is. However, since half of all high schools no longer supply ranking to colleges, many schools use your GPA instead of ranking. See: <a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;