At what point does an 8 or 9 Academic Index basically become an "auto-admit?"

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<p>I’m pretty sure most non-Ivys don’t use the AI, but what sort of schools would probably accept 90+% of students with stats around the 8 or 9 level?</p>

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<p>Source: [The</a> Academic Index - Ivy League Admissions Key?](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm]The”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm)</p>

<p>I doubt you can put an exact percentage or anything; all we know is that it’s at “much higher rates”.</p>

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<p>I would suspect that most ppl in HYP to have 8 or 9</p>

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<p>There are honestly so many other factors involved in college admission that simply using an “Academic Index” simply is not accurate.</p>

<p>However, I am aware that certain colleges like Penn State have this chart where if you have a certain SAT and GPA ratio of some sort you are guaranteed admissions. I’m sure an academic index of an 8 or 9 would easily appease those requirements. So Penn State.</p>

<p>And I’m not a 100% sure of this so don’t quote me on it, but I believe you could certainly get in to your own state school. Not including the UCs of course.</p>

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<p>Unlikely, considering all the athletic recruits, legacies, development cases, etc.</p>

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<p>jamesford -</p>

<p>I’m sure one can safely assume that half the hooked and all of the unhooked at HYP are an 8 or 9, so that would make it around 80% which definitely qualifies as “most”.</p>

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<p>Well even most recruits typically must have some sort of academic qualifications, otherwise they simply would not be able to handle the coursework.</p>

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<p>The average academic index at HYP is ~220, or a 6/7 out of 9 on the AI scale.
[Calculating</a> the Ivy League Academic Index](<a href=“http://home.comcast.net/~charles517/ivyai.html]Calculating”>http://home.comcast.net/~charles517/ivyai.html)
At the other Ivies it’s closer to 210, a 4/5 out of 9 on the AI scale. Don’t underestimate the power of hooked admissions.</p>

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<p>Interesting premise
and looking at the results on the EA RD threads…there are lots with decent GPAs and decent tests scores that are denied </p>

<p>Aren’t AdComms consistently saying they are looking to build a community and students are more than their GPA/test scores…</p>

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<p>“Auto-admit?” What IS that?</p>

<p>Answer = Never.</p>

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<p>The key word here is basically.</p>

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<p>Why does the AI make such a big differentiation between class rank, vs decile, vs quartile vs GPA?</p>

<p>I was putting in stats for a fictitious student…since our school doesn’t rank, and gave it 720 on each SAT section and 700s for three SAT2s…and of 190/200 students it greatly changes the AI score…doubling it from rank (3- top 20 students) to GPA (6 just over a 4.0…)</p>