<p>I agree with OneKing I highly doubt a 9 is 90% chance of acceptance. The book is out of date. Also, how are we sure this academic index calculator is accurate?</p>
<p>I am (drumroll please)</p>
<p>223 with GPA (7 out of 9)</p>
<p>211 with Rank (5 out of 9)</p>
<p>I do hope the number doesn't mean much like lolcats4 said...but don't you think colleges use it as a meter of who is "qualified" so to speak? Like an AI under 200 or 190 is problably not going to be put on the top of the pile to review compared to someone with a 230</p>
<p>what do you think?</p>
<p>Michelle Hernandez is a former (Head?) Admissions officer at Dartmouth. I don't believe Dartmouth uses this system, it's just that she developed it to help students estimate their chances at Ivy League schools. After leaving Dartmouth, she is now considered THE top private college consultant (the going rate is 40 grand or something), as well as a leading authority on admissions in general (her book A is for Admissions is the top selling admissions advice book).</p>
<p>As a college admissions consultant, she has an impressive record. I saw an interview of her on TV and she had 7 out of 7 get into Dartmouth that year, 3 out of 4 into Princeton, and I don't remember the rest. She says that she doesn't screen clients (to unfairly protect her acceptance rates), and lets them apply where they want. The reason she is so successful is that she works with students for 4 years, where she arranges the best tutors for SATs/High School and basically hand-sculpts their ECs.</p>
<p>I meant to say that you can't compare the experiences. Cornell, being a basically huge private school, is not that much more like the sort of small private college-style education that Yale is. So Cornell and Berkeley will not have much of a difference in terms of education. But like say UC Berkeley and Yale, the undergraduate population size is totally different, so the experience will naturally be different.</p>
<p>Dude, the book is over 9 years old. Like, Starcraft was a new game when this book came out. (September 1, 1999) is the specific date. Back in those days, you applied and you got in ( basically, lol sorry about the overexaggeration)</p>
<p>imo, 40 grand is way too much to shell out. I mean, you're going to Yale, Princeton, w/e, for the experience it gives and the friends you can meet and befriend. You're not going so your 40 grand investment can all the sudden turn into a pot of gold over the rainbow or something.</p>
<p>240 with GPA, 234 with class rank (ONE ELECTIVE freshman year bumped me down to 3 out of 335...)</p>