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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by Alex3917 on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @03:10PM (#88372)
Article is incorrect. The Academic Index is an agreement between the Ivies about the minimum GPA/SAT necessary for recruited athletes. The cutoff is different for each school, based on the average of the overall student body. However the AI has nothing to do with the general admissions process.
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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by imgabe on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @04:33PM (#88404)
I don't doubt that you're right in the stated purpose of the AI, but that doesn't necessarily mean the admissions officers don't use it for anything else.
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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by aston on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @04:06PM (#88389)
The AI, or something like it, is probably used at every school in the country as one of the many pieces of the evaluation. It's nice to have one number that sums up the academic goodness of a candidate.
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