<p><em>Most</em> of the colleges i am looking at are listed like so on collegeboard.com:</p>
<pre><code> Middle 50% of
First-Year Students
</code></pre>
<p>ACT Composite: 23 - 28</p>
<p>Assuming my GPA is good (which it is) and scoring a 25 of the ACT (plus great ECs, recs, essays) does this make me a match at these type of schools? Is a 25 fine/good?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>---the schools for example are:
--Santa Clara
--LMU
--Pepperdine
--U of Washington (is state)
--Northestern
--Boston U</p>
<p>not for BU, pepperdine, or washington, IMHO.</p>
<p>Well, a 25 really isn’t “good” for those schools, but it doesn’t make you not a candidate for admission. I would say that regardless of the other parts of your application, you should be in at half of those. If you find yourself in the middle of the 25/75 percentile range, a rule of thumb is that you have a 1/2 chance of being admitted. That’s probably a little conservative, but that way you don’t get any false hope.</p>
<p>Univ. of Washington is very highly regarded and quite competitive. Santa Clara is a wonderful school. Loyola Marymount has an excellent film program. With a well written application, you have a good chance at each of these schools. Good luck! Pepperdine, Northeastern and Boston University are also possible options for you. Overall, Univ. of Washington, even as an in-state applicant, may be the hardest, with Pepperdine next.</p>
<p>HALF. yes half on the graduating class from last year and the year before from my high school have attended UW. Meaning 150/300 each year. I feel that that really like my school considering we are top 50 public school in the nation. I am hoping this helps of course.</p>
<p>btw i am a legacy at northeastern, will that help my mom went there.</p>
<p>thanks for the replies.</p>