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What's an Academic Index?
What's an Academic Index?

When it comes to college applications, what’s an academic index? How do schools use it? What does that mean for your high school senior?

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College PlanningRebekka WhiteheadGPA, unweighted vs weighted, unweighted vs weighted gpa, unweighted gpa, weighted gpa, unweighted GPA, maybe pile, applications, application season, college applications, college apps, college app review, app review, application review, admissions officers, admissions office, admissions rep, admissions review, academic index, academic rigor, academic strengths, SAT test, SAT prep, SAT test prep, ACT test, ACT scores, TEST prep, SAT scores
Top 100 K-12 Schools in Georgia: Niche Releases 2019 List
Top 100 K-12 Schools in Georgia: Niche Releases 2019 List

Families, real estate agents, teachers and school administrators are all familiar with the website Niche.com, an online database that “explores that best schools in your area based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of review from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education” (Niche, 2019). But, did you know that how exactly these annual rankings are calculated?

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