Academic Index

Applying to College
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<p>Perhaps this has been covered in another post, but I can't find it. </p>

<p>In Michelle Hernandez's book "A is for Admissions", and the calculator on CC, there is a formula for Academic Index (AI) used by Ivys. That formula was based on the old SAT when competitive colleges wanted the SAT I plus 3 SAT II's.</p>

<p>I'm interested in how the standardized testing component of the AI changed in light of the new SAT. </p>

<p>The old formula was (2/3 standardized testing + 1/3 ClassRank or substitute). In what follows, I'm referring to only the standardized testing component.
For the standardized testing component, it was 1/2 SAT I + 1/2 SAT II. This amounted to </p>

<p>1/4 SAT Math
1/4 SAT CR
1/6 or each of three SAT II's. </p>

<p>I'm curious to understand how it's calculated now. There are several possibilities, and some schools still required 3 SAT II's. </p>

<p>One possibility for schools that required 2 SAT II's are
1/6 SAT Math
1/6 SAT CR
1/6 SAT Writing
1/4 First SAT II
1/4 Second SAT II </p>

<p>Another possibility is to replace one of the SAT II's with the SAT Writing
1/4 SAT Math
1/4 SAT CR
1/6 SAT Writing
1/6 First SAT II
1/6 Second SAT II</p>

<p>A third possibility for schools that still required 3 SAT II's is to just ignore the writing. </p>

<p>Anybody have some thoughts?</p>

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<p>I'm interested in this, too. After I read your question earlier today I called an Ivy school admission office to ask, but they told me that they would not release that information.</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

<p>There is an article today about Harvard recruiting athletes with a lower AI than before. There must be some reference on how this is calculated in light of the new SAT.</p>

<p>Michelle Hernandez, if you reading this, is there any chance you can reply?</p>