<p>^ Oh I see what you mean. Still, my point is that there are tons of overqualified students that apply to elite colleges, and to stand out you need to be amazing not just in the classroom, but in extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>@yaintime, that is incorrect.
see
[Academic</a> Index Calculator Hernandez College Consulting, Inc. and Ivy League Admission Help](<a href=“http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/academic-index-calculator/]Academic”>http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/academic-index-calculator/)</p>
<p>I quote from her website:
“Please understand that the AI is just a statistical tool – it does not take into account a student’s essays, teacher recommendations, outside achievements or awards. It merely chronicles the objective side of the equation, namely high school rank in class and standardized test scores. In short, the AI is a formula that combines the averages of student test scores (both SAT I’s and SAT II’s) and high school rank in class (represented by an Ivy League invention, the converted rank score or CRS).”</p>
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<p>You’re not taking into account superscoring, which could easily kick up the total 5-fold.</p>
<p>If approximately 7000 students apply with 4.0 gpa’s or higher, that must mean they are using weighted gpa, right? So technically not all of those 7000 students have perfect stats, if I am reading that correctly.</p>
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<p>In a lot of schools, 20-25% of the class will get an A in any given course. It’s not hard for a couple of top students to walk away with an unweighted 4.0 under such circumstances. Some students will also avoid known hard classes or hard teachers to maintain their 4.0.</p>
<p>A student with a 4.0 is not necessarily at the top of his class, if class rank is based on weighted GPA. Weighted GPA tend to reward the risk-takers who will load up on tougher courses, even if they occasionally get a B in one of them.</p>
<p>She is assuming there is a cause and effect (she can’t do that unless she runs an experiment). Her assumption is that high stats = admission. Instead she should consider that maybe interesting kids with stellar EC’s etc tend to have high stats, so the whole thing is totally confounded. She is just trying to sell a book and everyone wants the “secret formula”.</p>
<p>Have you taken into account superscoring? Also, 2400 on SAT != automatic admission into elite school.</p>
<p>In the end, there are simply too many 8 or 9 AI students now. The subjective part of the evaluation then comes in (essays, extracurriculars, recommendation letters, awards, etc) to sift who among all these AI 8/9 students will make it.</p>