Academic index: still alive, or thing of the past?

<p>I’m sure many of you have read Michele Hern</p>

<p>bump bump bump</p>

<p>Yeah, I think most of the top schools now have their own unique formulas to judge a student by now…</p>

<p>Reviving this thread as I was curios about this. When I plug in my s’s #s, I get a VERY different score if I use his decile placement (he is in a very competitive private school) vs if I use his GPA. Is this data of any use these days, and what is the best way to use this calculator??</p>