<p>Does anyone know how ACT scores are used to calculate AI?</p>
<p>Typically, there are SAT scores, and SAT2 scores used, but ACT takes the place of both of these?</p>
<p>Are the scores converted, and then filled in all the way down?
(Example: 34 converts to a 1530, so do they put 765 in each box)</p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>P.S. I posted this on the wrong board before.....sorry</p>
<p>bump....does anyone have any idea?</p>
<p>seriously...does nobody know this???</p>
<p>bump...again....</p>
<p>If I had to guess (which means I don't know either), I would assume that they would convert your ACT into an SAT score and then plug in the numnbers</p>
<p>In the Hernandez book it says they convert it. "A is for Admission"</p>
<p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but AI means academic index. And the colleges I've applied to used the formula Rank+(ACTx2)=AI . AI is not an ACT/SAT conversion.</p>
<p>i know the ivies want either the sat or the act. but all want the sat2s. you will need the act and 3 sat2s or the sat with 3 sat2s. to get into any ivy. im not sure how other colleges do this however.</p>
<p>sharkbite-- that's not true anymore (ivies needing 3 SAT 2's that is)...for instance, Penn & Yale will take just the ACT w/ writing, NO SAT 2's!!</p>
<p>Check out this web site:
<a href="http://www.compassprep.com/admissions_req_subjects.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://www.compassprep.com/admissions_req_subjects.aspx</a></p>
<p>& this thread specifically on this subject:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=107957%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=107957</a></p>
<p>ps....I have no idea how ACT is factored into the conventional AI....good question....makes sense though to use the conversion based upon the CB concordance tables.</p>
<p>brown doesn't require SAT2's either</p>
<p>this is why I was wondering how they calculate</p>
<p>so what im asking is</p>
<p>if you got a 34 on your ACT (converts to a 1520)</p>
<p>do they just fill in
SAT 1 M 760
SAT 1 V 760
SATII 760
SATII 760
SATII 760</p>
<p>(this applies to schools that use the AI, and will accept ACT on its own [brown, penn, yale, etc.])</p>
<p>Or do they take into account ACT subscores?</p>
<p>OK, I'm doing some major deduction here, but I think they'll use ACT subscores, at least for subject test purposes.</p>
<p>Have a look at this funky UCDavis link that describes the academic index portion of their Oracle student/admissions database:
<a href="http://www.dataadmin.ucdavis.edu/warehouse/metadata/IDS/Ug_Ai_Apcci.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.dataadmin.ucdavis.edu/warehouse/metadata/IDS/Ug_Ai_Apcci.html</a>
...scroll down the page & look at the metadata descriptions....in particular where "normalized SAT 2" score is qualified as either the specific SAT 2 for real or the pertinent section of the ACT. This tells me that UCDavis, for one, uses subscores.</p>
<p>[BTW, this database website is a very interesting read for the curious:
<a href="http://www.dataadmin.ucdavis.edu/warehouse/metadata/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dataadmin.ucdavis.edu/warehouse/metadata/</a>]</p>
<p>Of course, if that's the case, then I'm not sure how concordance would work, as the concordance table I'm familiar with is ACT in general to SAT CR+M, not specific sections or subject tests.</p>
<p>This Utah AI calculator example shows that they use ACT composite score or SAT CR and M scores....but SAT 2's are not part of this mix:
<a href="http://www.acs.utah.edu/prod/bin/student/admission-index%5B/url%5D">http://www.acs.utah.edu/prod/bin/student/admission-index</a>.</p>
<p>who knows!!! If you really want an answer, I'd email the adcoms at a few colleges.</p>
<p>I must be wrong in the above post regarding USDavis' use of ACT subscores for subject tests......UC testing policy seems to be SAT I or ACT plus writing AND 2 SAT 2's.</p>
<p>from a UC counseling web site:
"How will the new tests be weighted in UC's eligibility index? The UC Academic Senate's Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) has recommended that, pending future research on the predictive validity of the different exams, the three components of the new SAT I and the two additional SAT II Subject Tests be weighted equally in the eligibility index. UC will use a concordance table to equate the new SAT I with the ACT Assessment plus the new ACT Writing Test. A new eligibility index is anticipated in spring 2005 for students entering in fall 2006."</p>
<p>brassmonkey-- fyi, here's how the UC system converts ACT to SAT equivalents....I'd bet others use something similar for their versions of the AI.....
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html</a></p>
<p>here's an excerpt:
"If you took the ACT plus its Writing exam: The University takes your highest math, reading, science and combined English/writing score from a single sitting and converts them to equivalent SAT scores (see the translation table at right). To give the ACT writing component equal weight to the SAT writing exam, the University multiplies the sum of your converted math, reading and science scores by two-thirds, then adds the converted English/writing score. This subtotal is then added to your two highest SAT Subject Test scores from two different subject areas to reach your test score total ([math + reading + science] x 0.667 + English/writing + subject test 1 + subject test 2)."</p>