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Before Recruiting in Ivy League, Applying Some Math
- vedant 15y agoThe academic index equation---probably the most crucial part of the article---could have been more clearly explained with, well, an equation (or two). Instead, it is a 626x752px image of words and arrows and nested fractions, and there's a colored box with ordinal numbers spelled out, and it's oriented vertically. Not to mention that the whole thing is a jpeg, so it's full of compression artifacts. Avoiding equations is not only unclear, it may even discourage scientific literacy.
- jcitme 15y agoI doubt they got their hands on the actual equation. That being said, it might be better to NOT use an equation in this case... college admissions is one of the things in the world that's the exact opposite of an 'equation'. There's a certain bitterness when I say that, but that's the nature of things. I attended the top science/math open public school in us USA, have a perfect SAT/SAT 2's, but due to things like my GPA, I was given about a coin toss chance of making UC Berkeley, let alone Stanford/{M,C}IT/Ivies etc.
- jchonphoenix 15y agoI find it amusing how a 240 AI is spun to be impressive in this article. Then you see the academic numbers and they're laughable.
- DigitalBison 15y agoWhat? Unless I'm misinterpreting http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/12/25/sports/25ivy-GFX.html http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/12/25/sports/25ivy-GF..., it seems that a 4.0 GPA and a 2400 on the SAT doesn't even get you a 240. How is a 240 AI "laughable"?
- jchonphoenix 15y agoSorry, I meant 210. 1300 sat. 4.0 high school inflated gpa. That's the article's example of a smart athlete that miraculously is rejected.