<p>Is that a myth...</p>
<p>I just asked this in a separate thread, but it seemed as if though I should start a new thread for it instead...</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't understand it, either. I've only seen it on mychances... I thought it was something they came up with until I saw it referenced on here.</p>
<p>edit: Never mind; that's called "selectivity index." How is an AI ranking calculated?</p>
<p>edit2: Found it -- Academic</a> Index Results from College Confidential.com -- how come reporting my GPA as "4.30 and up" gives me a 9 whereas "rank 2 of 333" gives me an 8? o__O I think the latter is more impressive, lol.</p>
<p>Because the algorithms are probably flawed.</p>
<p>the whole academic index seems kind of retarded to me, look here: </p>
<p>Person A: SAT 750, 750, 750 SAT IIs: 700, 750 (GPA: 3.8)--rank 14/56
Person B: SAT 750, 750, 750 SAT IIs: 700, 750 (GPA 3.8)--no rank </p>
<p>person A would have a 4 out of 9
person B would have a 7 out of 9</p>
<p>Both of them have the exact same GPA and test scores except that B didn't have a rank reported (which raised his rating out of 9) and A did have a rank reported (which made that rank lower)</p>
<p>pretty faulty if you ask me...but colleges don't really use the AI, do they?</p>
<p>I mean... I understand that rank is a more precise method and if they only have GPA, they use a separate, less exact scale... I just don't understand how they scale 4.30+ to something better than rank 2. :confused:</p>
<p>So yeah, I second the point of the thread: does anyone know if this is used by colleges?</p>
<p>It's only used by Ivies with recruited athletes.</p>
<p>Is that a fact or an assumption?</p>
<p>bumping this...</p>
<p>Michelle Hernandez, in her book reflecting on her stint in admissions at Dartmouth, said that the AI number was calculated for every candidate, recruited athlete or not.</p>