1. The issue that I will be analyzing is about using class rank as an admissions tool for the three state school located in Iowa. The University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa all use the RAI score as a way to accept applicants into the university. Also, many scholarships offered require a certain score on the RAI, in order to eligible to apply. The RAI is a mathematical formula that takes into account high school GPA, ACT score, core classes taken, and class rank. There is a lot of controversy surrounding this because class rank is becoming a less effective tool to measure a student by. Many high schools are completely eliminating class rank, yet it is still a factor for admission, if your high school reports class rank.
2. My focus will be specifically on the class rank portion of this mathematical formula. My focus on class rank will be that it is not an accurate tool to judge a student by. There are a variety of reasons that I will analyze on why this is not an effective tool. For example, many smaller and private schools have more competition in their grades than larger schools do, which negatively affects these schools.
3. I am choosing to analyze this topic because a few years ago my high school decided that they were no longer going to report students' class rank. This allowed for more people to be accepted into college, and giving them a better chance to improve their future. I also find this to be an interesting topic because fewer colleges are choosing to use class rank in their admissions, yet the Iowa state schools still choose to use this as a factor.
4. I will mainly be using news articles as sources for this topic. I will also be using specific information from these various state schools how they choose to use the RAI score for admissions, and also for scholarships.
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