Why does nobody discuss their Academic Index?

Carpe_Aeternum
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:59:39 +0000

I think of it as a bit of a joke. To determine someone’s chances even roughly for an Ivy is virtually impossible without ANY idea of the applicant’s writing abilities, how well he interviews, how many classes were weighted, whether he went to a non-ranking public school (entered GPA into the AI calculator) or a top private school, or unique circumstances. These aren’t just small parts of the admissions process- they are often huge parts. And a lot of Ivy applicants are going to have a lot in these fields. If people are asking for chances on CC, a lot more is going to be needed than an AI score, and telling the components of one’s AI score is going to be more useful than just saying the score.

I don’t have any problems with the AI, but I don’t see why anyone would refer to it while posting on CC: it takes in virtually no information and can therefore give virtually none. :)