No magic formula for college admissions? Well, here's my best attempt

I have made a little "formula system" here (the "cutoffs" for colleges are on the last page):

It is obviously subject to interpretation and definitely not meant to be predictive. However, it has worked for many people I know. The "admit scores" cutoffs are just guesses at the moment; I will have to look into more cases to get more accurate numbers.

The fact that I can make this work for even a few people indicates that the system has become rather mechanical, as I argue here; a lot of it is how much "extra stuff" you can do, because that somehow shows your potential in the future.