<p>you could get a 34, 36, 36, 36, and still get a 36...still incredibly difficult
or 35, 36, 35, 36</p>
<p>joshgordon. . . my d. got a 36 composite in Feb. She got a letter saying 30 people got 36 composites in that sitting (of 253,000 test takers). Her individuals were 36, 36, 35, 35. She missed one in math and one in science.</p>
<p>The ACT publishes an abundance of information on test scores but it does it mainly according to class and not based on annual test takers (the SAT does the same). For example, when it publishes statistics, it will usually do so for the most recent senior class and the stats include the tests that class took from sophomore to senior year. The table at the following provides the total number of the class of 2004 who scored 36 in math, 36 in reading, 36 in English, or 36 in Science and then the total that scored 36 composite: <a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/04/pdf/t4.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.act.org/news/data/04/pdf/t4.pdf</a></p>
<p>You can also go here to browse through a number of the different tables that ACT publishes: <a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/04/data.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.act.org/news/data/04/data.html</a></p>
<p>browser, did she get that letter with her official score report? because i didn't get one with mine.</p>
<p>joshgordon . . . No, it came about 2 months after testing, separate from the official score report.</p>
<p>Crumudgeon,</p>
<p>To follow up a bit, the number of 36 scorers on the Math section was 224 out of 1,171,460 test takers in 2004. So I would ask your original question in an alternative way, of the 224 how many had perfect subscores of 18 on all 3 sections. Unfortunately, I can not find that information in their data sets but at least we have limited the to 224 down from 6914. Here is the link to where I got that information:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/04/pdf/t4.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.act.org/news/data/04/pdf/t4.pdf</a></p>
<p>doing some quick math on the this, a 36 on the math section of the ACT is acieved by the top .15% of students (15/10,000). I would imagine that the subset of perfect scores on all 3 subsections is more rare.</p>
<p>On a separate but related topic, has she taken the AMC12 or AIME tests. If she is math oriented some schools ask what incoming students scored on these tests, i.e. Caltech and MIT.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon,</p>
<p>Sorry I read from the wrong column the number of 36's in the overall math section was 1863, not 224 (that is the number of 36 composites). Still the number you are looking for is limited to 1863 down from 6914.</p>
<p>Thanks Eagle. Do you really think she should take those AIME tests? She was planning on taking Math IIC, but hadn't really thought about others. Guess I'll have to see when they are given and if that's in time for D's apps.</p>
<p>curmudgeon,</p>
<p>If you think she would like math competitions then I would think she should do it. Based upon her ACT scores she has the ability but the tests are a bit different and more creative in their approach.</p>
<p>A bit about the tests, the AMC tests are national math tests administered at many but not all high schools. Finishing in, I think, the top 3-5% on these tests qualify the student to take the AIME test. The AIME is the qualifying test for the US Math Olympiad and the corresponding International Math Olympiad.</p>
<p>For more information you can check the following web-site:</p>
<p>A lot of information there on math and math competitions.</p>
<p>Thanks, Eagle79. Who knows? Who knew she was capable of scoring in the top 1800 kids out of 1.2 million? Certainly not her higher math challenged dad. Her scores indicate something out of the ordinary is going on up there. She only missed 1 question on the math section of the PSAT, and that was just goofy (forgot to divide by two). I'll see when the tests are offered and see if her BC classmate next year wants to go ,also.</p>
<p>The tests are given in February and March every year.</p>
<p>In the mean time, if she is interested, there provide some of the old questions on the web-site. It may be a way to guage her interest.</p>
<p>its weird how moms are on here</p>
<p>36 act
2400 sat</p>
<p>6914 people did not score a perfect score on the math section–6914 people scored a perfect score on the Geometry and Trigonometry section. Less than that scored perfectly on the entire math section, because it is extremely unlikely that everyone who scored perfectly on this section also scored perfectly on the other sections.</p>
<p>If you’re starting to qualify for USAMO, it is a bit late…</p>
<p>I started in 8th grade and I barely made USAMO, and AMCs are 10 times harder than PSAT or ACT. Only about 0-10 people get perfects each year (on AMC12). And about 0-2 get Perfect AIME.</p>
<p>on the june act i missed one on the math (based on 17/18 subscore in the algebra section) and still got a 36; sometimes having the one question cushion helps the number of perfect scores on the math section.</p>
<p>The first time I took it I got a 34, but the next time I got a 36 (18,18,18). I didn’t think the test was too hard, though.</p>
<p>For those answering questions, the original posts on this thread are 5 years old. Most of those posters have moved on.</p>
<p>1 out of every 667</p>
<p>The amount of margin for error is based upon the average score of the separate sections. For example, if the average score was low, then a 36 on English would be 73-75 depending upon how low the average score was. If the average score was high, then a 36 on english would be a 75, 35 a 74, and 34 a 73.</p>