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<p>I strongly disagree. The SAT is a fairly good test of your critical thinking ability. Sure, you can try to “game the system” by memorizing words and practicing test taking, but when it comes down to it smart people who are good readers will do well on the SAT without prep. Grades are subjective; the SAT is not.</p>
<p>Nope - the 2/3 and 1/3 thing has nothing to do with admissions. It’s the way that the Ivy League enforces standards for student-athletes. They require that for each sport, the cumulative Academic Index for the team be within a half a standard deviation of that of the general student body. So for non-athletes, the AI is calculated (converting SATs, SAT IIs, and GPAs to a 200-800 scale and adding them together) without any impact on that student’s application. Hernandez just said that she found that the AI correlated pretty highly with admission, but that correlation doesn’t infer causation.</p>
<p>3.38 gpa and medium-high SATs (2220). Going to Cornell.</p>
<p>^ so your saying you got into Cornell w/ a 3.3 gpa? What was it weighted? No offense, but I dont see how that could happen. Thats awesome for you. I am somewhat in the same boat as you. Im dying to get into UNC9out-of-state) but I only have a 3.8 weighted and a 3.6 unweighted. Hardly any AP’s at my school though.</p>
<p>My gpa weighted was 3.97, although probably around 4.05 by the end of first semester as a senior. It is possible, because I got in. However, it is also misleading, because our school practices major grade deflation, and I was ranked about 11-13% in the class (not to mention our school is extremely competitive). Our valedictorian has a 3.78 UW to give you an idea.</p>