ACT score question! :) Thanks.

Applying to College
1

<p>Hi everyone! I recently scored a 34 Composite on the SAT (35 English, 35 Reading, 34 Math, 32 Science) and had a few questions.</p>

<ol>
<li>Is this good enough for schools like NU, WUSTL, Penn?</li>
<li>Is my 32 Science a bad thing...? I want to study neuroscience or cognitive science on a pre medicine track. I have a 780 on the Bio M subject test and 800 Math II to support my interest in stem.</li>
<li>My writing score was a 9 bringing my combined english writing to a 32. Is the writing score very important? I'm a very good writer, but have trouble in timed scenarios. I personally think timed writing is ridiculous (30 minutes? come on!) because most good writers will get caught up on style and not be able to finish lol... I got a 5 on the AP Lang test and my AP lang teacher can definitely attest to my writing skills (I do not mean to sound arrogant). Thoughts?</li>
</ol>

<p>Thank you so much :)!!</p>

2

<p>You’re fine in every regard. The 9 on the essay (which doesn’t matter that much to begin with) is still within the 25%-75% range for Penn. Also, the science ACT section isn’t real science; you’re Bio M is a lot more indicative of you’re knowledge of science. Plus, a 34 composite is still really good (but if you don’t believe me, just look at the common data sets below (scroll down to section C9)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202013-14.pdf”>http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202013-14.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://enrollment.northwestern.edu/common-data/2012-13/c.html”>http://enrollment.northwestern.edu/common-data/2012-13/c.html&lt;/a&gt; (I assume this is NU :))
<a href=“http://wustl.edu/policies/assets/pdfs/wustl%20cds%202012-2013.pdf”>http://wustl.edu/policies/assets/pdfs/wustl%20cds%202012-2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Best of luck, and congrats!</p>

3

<p>Thanks for answering all my questions!!!</p>

4

<p>34 is a great score and is above average for the schools on your list.</p>