IVY league Academic Indexes

Applying to College
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<p>regarding this article:
<a href="http://thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=349217%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=349217&lt;/a>
A little confusion herefor harvard:
Article:" Second, the median AI for all accepted recruited athletes must be within one standard deviation from the median for the class as a whole, which means that no more than half of accepted recruits can have an AI in the bottom 16 percent of the admitted class—not exactly the highest standard. But “the thinking,” says Fish, “is that if you put all that time into sports, there’s got to be some conscionable difference in your academics.”</p>

<p>First question is: Isn't one standard deviation 33 percent? can someone explain how 16 percent was obtained?</p>

<p>second question: what AI would this median be for harvard? Average AIs for IVYs i hear are around 210
Source:
<a href="http://hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/resources/calculator.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/resources/calculator.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If anyone can help, thank you</p>

<p>-mississippi matt</p>

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<p>16% fall above the median while 16% fall below the median for a total of 32-33% within one std. dev of the median.</p>

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<p>hmm so if its out of 240 and the floor is around 171, 240 - 171
=69
and then 66% of 69
and then subtract that from 240
so subtract 46 from 240
which gives you... 196</p>

<p>so around half of athletes test over 196 and half under</p>

<p>interesting</p>

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<p>lol almost makes me want to take statistics</p>

<p>... not :p</p>

<p>i'll let you guys do the math and i'll read the results. heh.</p>