<p>Different schools use different methods. The issue at ivies is they could all fill three or more classes with 9’s, so all of those with a top index can’t get in, the room simply isn’t there.</p>
<p>232/9 </p>
<p>Deferred from Yale as well lol</p>
<p>222 7/9 and I’m already in. This doesn’t mean anything</p>
<p>Okay, imma let you finish, but the Academic Index is not in use any longer in Ivy admissions practice except in the case of recruited athletes (whose AIs are not to be more than 1 standard deviation below the rest of the student body). </p>
<p>My source is a *current<a href=“and%20rather%20senior”>/i</a> admissions officer from an Ivy. I emphasize current because Michelle Hernandez, who popularized the AI, worked in Dartmouth’s office for only a few years before she left in the mid-1990s.</p>
<p>Motion: How did that happen?</p>
<p>225/8 using rank; 239/9 using GPA.</p>
<p>Agreed that this isn’t all that accurate for top schools.</p>
<p>You guys are hilarious. I’m only 200 and 3.</p>
<p>225/8 using gpa 235/9 rank</p>
<p>237 [using predicted Jan SAT scores - otherwise 232 with current scores] and 9/9. deferred from yale SCEA Dx</p>
<p>I called my regional rep the day after I got deferred and asked her if there was anything I could do to strengthen my application. First, she gave me a generic response (get good grades, etc.) then I asked her if there was specifically anything wrong with my application. I was expecting her to tell me that she couldn’t tell me that, but then I told her my name and she was like…oh, I remember you. Then, she proceeded to tell me that they simply deferred way more applicants than normal…etc etc. The rest of the conversation was awkward and horrible and she had this negative tone in her voice throughout the entire convo (after she found out my name), so I’m pretty sure she hates me lol. Whatever. My application (essays, EC’s, etc.) to UChicago was so poorly constructed in comparison to my RD applications that I still can’t believe I didn’t get rejected.</p>
<p>240/9.</p>
<p>Deferred.</p>
<p>233/9. School doesn’t rank.</p>
<p>Deferred also! What a bunch of over-achieving sad cases we are right? haha.</p>
<p>232/9, but I plan on taking another subject test which should get my AI up to 234. And at a school with weighted GPAs (ours doesn’t weigh) I would have a 239.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, AI is not what it used to be (perhaps it never was what we perceived it as being). It is pretty much used for athletes now; maybe it is also used as a general academic measure but the acceptance rate for 8s/9s certainly ain’t 90%.</p>
<p>haha 219/6, Love It.</p>
<p>235/9. Also deferred Yale SCEA. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>217/6 deferred Yale SCEA. Hispanic Athlete (20 hrs/wk - Fencing 10 yrs - competitive to be starter on Yale team). <em>shrugs</em> Applied usual HYPSCD+</p>
<p>sooooooooooo basically this has proven two things</p>
<p>1) CCers are way too number obssessed and
2) colleges aren’t. at least not to the extent that we think they are.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>1) has been proven long ago with all the “Should I retake a 2390?” and “Is one A- bad?” threads. As for 2), the transcript and test scores are above and beyond the most important factors for admission, regardless of what anyone wants to tell you about essays or leadership.</p>
<p>232/9. accepted early.</p>
<p>@jamesford: Big difference between transcript and test scores being the most important things and colleges being numbers-obsessed. Grades and test scores are the only way to quantify (and in most cases, qualify) your academic abilities, which in turn is the most important thing. Turning those numbers into a formula (as the AI does) and trying to use that as an entitlement for college admissions is an entirely different ball game which ignores the fact that transcripts reveal many other things - grade progressions, rigor of coursework, rising/falling trends and so on. Although you are right in pointing out that essays and recommendations and EC records might be the subject of overhype these days.</p>