Does anyone know the exact formula for the Ivy League Academic Index?
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<p>Do you really need the actual formula? I don't know that...but on the main page at cc, they hvae a thing that automatically calculates your academic index, maybe that would help?</p>
<p>No, I'm doing a comp sci project involving the AI, and I need the actual formula</p>
<p>The Ivies don't really have a formula. I mean there are scales that can help a person realize this chances, but the fact of the matter is, you can't with intangibles, like the essays.</p>
<p>I think they got the formua they used from the "A is for Admission" book by Katherine Cohen...I THINK. So maybe if you wan to look at that it will actually map it out for you</p>
<p>Michele Hernandez has about 30 pages on the AI in her book "A is for Admissions." The formula when we had the old SAT was SAT Verbal plus SAT Math divided by 2 plus sum of 3 SAT IIs divided by 3 plus your converted class rank. Then round to two places. As you can tell, the formula in itself raises a few questions like what is "converted" class rank, so it gets kind of complicated. Also according to Hernandez, there were some variations school to school.</p>
<p>Just for the people who don't know what the AI is.... The Ivy League schools decided a long time ago not to give athletic scholarships. (All FA at the Ivies is now based on need.) However, they do accept athletes and the athletic applicants probably have lower credentials than what is normally required to be accepted. In order to verify athletic admission standards between Ivy colleges, they came come with the idea of the AI. Athletics have their AI's calculated and the result has to be within a certain range. This keeps the Ivies from dipping too low in order to get a particularly good athletic prospect who nevertheless doesn't have the academic credentials to be accepted. The AI is effectively only calculated for athletes although it is possible to use it for everyone.</p>
<p>It's not really important if it's still used or not. I just need the original equation for my comp sci program. I don't have the book, so if anyone can tell me the exact formula using class rank (rules for schools without class rank and unimportant), I would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>The information you need is on pg 96 of "What It Really Takes To Get Into The Ivy League" by Chuck Hughes. It is published by McGraw Hill and the copyright is 2003.</p>
<p>The formula involves the SAT I scores, SAT II scores, and the CRS (Class Rank Score). Of course the problem is knowing what your CRS is. However, the book listed above shows how to calculate the CRS in its appendix. Obtaining the CRS is basically a table lookup. If the high school ranks and the class is over 300 students, you use the absolute rank to lookup the CRS in table A-1. Otherwise, you use the gpa to lookup the CRS in table A-2.</p>
<p>I hope this helps. It is way too much information to post.</p>
<p>Incidently, there is a AI calculator at:</p>
<p>but it doesn't show the algorithm.</p>