<p>UW came to my school today, and the rep said the average ACT score is a 26 and the average GPA is a 3.6. What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>Are you in the state of Wisconsin? Maybe instate the average is 26 and out of state the average is higher??</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/images/UW_FreshAdmitExpect.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/images/UW_FreshAdmitExpect.pdf</a></p>
<p>View the 2010-2011 Freshmen Admissions Expectations and note that the middle 50% has an ACT Range of 27-29. </p>
<p>This is for admitted freshmen and is not the ACT range of the students who accept an offer of admission.</p>
<p>According to an admissions person that spoke this weekend the 2010 freshmen had an average ACT of 28.5. Instate and OOS not significantly different.</p>
<p>I’m from Illinois, and if the average is a 28.5 I don’t know why he told me 26.</p>
<p>It has not been that low since the early 90’s. Last year it was 28.2 and 28.1 the year before so 28.5 this year seems quite possible while 26–NO. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bpa.wisc.edu/datadigest/DataDigest2009-2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bpa.wisc.edu/datadigest/DataDigest2009-2010.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bpa.wisc.edu/datadigest/DataDigest2001-2002.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bpa.wisc.edu/datadigest/DataDigest2001-2002.pdf</a></p>
<p>Could the discrepancy be the average ACT score of an admitted applicant (higher) versus the average ACT score of admitted students who enrolled (lower)?</p>
<p>Usually enrolled is lower than admitted but it could be the other way. But 26 is just not correct in any possible way. Misspoke or misheard.</p>