<p>Is academic indicator still valid in determining if one can get into the school</p>
<p>Also, if you have more than 3 subject tests, would colleges look at the ones beyond the first 3?</p>
<p>The AI will help your application get in the pile of “possibles” (i.e., scores won’t get you rejected.) Then adcoms will look at the rest of your accomplishments to see if you offer their school any attractive talents.</p>
<p>Colleges use your best 3 subject test scores for the AI. Unclear if they will care about more.</p>
<p>OP, I do not believe the AI is a valid indicator anymore of whether you
can get admitted or not to a top 10 school. Most top applicants would
max-out the scale.</p>
<p>I think the AI is kind of outdated, but I’m not sure. Most schools are moving away from 3 subject tests only require 2 now anyway (Princeton, Rice, etc.). They look at the top 2, but you can always send in the others for their consideration.</p>
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That would mean that most top applicants have 2400 SAT1s, perfect SAT2s, and are valedictorians. Perhaps these candidates are not accepted at a 90% rate, as suggested by the AI scale, but more often than not these students will make it into top 10s.</p>
<p>Frankly, though, AI is probably only valuable today when composing a rank for student-athletes.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what the AI is? Is it still used?</p>
<p>I’ve actually never heard of that before.</p>
<p>I think it’s still a good indicator of how you stack up academically against other applicants. It takes into account SAT I’s, SAT II’s, and class rank (which is arguably more important than GPA).</p>
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<p>As has been said, that would require 1600 M + CR, 3 x 800 SAT II’s, and valedictorian in a relatively large class. </p>
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<p>A ranking out of 240 that compares you to other applicants in terms of your test scores and class rank. It was originally used to make sure that athletes were up to par academically compared to the rest of the class.</p>
<p>Thank you jamesford, I did a google search on the calculation. Most sources (CC included) say it’s not applicable to most applicants, used for, as you mentioned, recruited athletes.</p>
<p>I definitely can’t see many people maxing out that scale.</p>
<p>And to answer the other question, if you have more than 3 SAT 2’s, they just take the highest 3.</p>
<p>Quick question. My school has a god awful ranking system where they go by quintile. I’m in the top quintile but when I use that on the AI calculator I have a 215.5 but when I use my GPA (4.0) I have 229. Is it absolutely awful and detrimental that my school ranks with quintile?</p>