A little study on academic index

EncomiumII
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:52:32 +0000

I know people think academic index is BS, but I think it’s still worth at least looking at. Just out of curiousity, I checked the academic indexes of applicants to my top choice school (princeton) for the class of 2008, to see if it made a difference.

I used ■■■■■■■, whcih is obviously a biased source, but nonetheless my results were interesting

Rejected

Middle 50% academic index: 220-227
Average: 222.6

Accepted

Middle 50%: 229-238
Average: 231.2

Waitlisted

Middle 50%: 218-234
Average: 223.85

There must be something to it…