Am I interpreting this ACT data correctly?

Student Lounge African-American Students
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<p>My DS received his ACT score this morning and was thrilled to get a 34 on his 1st attempt as a Jr.</p>

<p>So I was digging around for some score percentage data and found the following report:
<a href="http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/pdf/profile/AfricanAmerican.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/pdf/profile/AfricanAmerican.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It reports that for the graduation class of 2012, there were 222,237 AA test takers. The composite scores indicate that only 5 students scored a 36, 14 scored a 35 and 49 scored a 34. This seems impossible. Can someone take a look?</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>It is correct.</p>

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<p>I don’t know, something seems off…it seems like there were tons of students on last years admission threads with those scores and it is hard to believe that every high scoring AA high school student is posting on cc!</p>

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<p>It seems right. First, many more students take the SAT so the ACT numbers are low but comparable on a percentage basis. </p>

<p>I forget the exact numbers but out roughly 1.5 million SAT takers only a little more than a couple thousand score over 2200 every year.</p>

<p>AAs need to stop hating these tests and start preparing for them.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I did assume that more of the top scorers must be taking the SAT. My son took the SAT last Saturday, so it will be interesting to see if the scores align with the ACT. I am surprised that more students are not going with the ACT even if it is not their regional norm since it eliminates the stress of taking the SATIIs.</p>

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<p>This seems impossible.
In my experience I personally know 2 other students in my class(but not in my school). One with a 35 another with a 34 and i have a 35 my self. That would mean I personally know 5% of the people with those scores.</p>

<p>It that is true that is F***ed</p>

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<p>yoskis…exactly!</p>

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<p>Actually, more students take the ACT than the SAT. I think the percentages of are similar for both tests. My kids had roughly equivalent scores for both.
[How</a> ACT overtook SAT as the top college entrance exam - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-act-overtook-sat-as-the-top-college-entrance-exam/2012/09/24/d56df11c-0674-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html]How”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-act-overtook-sat-as-the-top-college-entrance-exam/2012/09/24/d56df11c-0674-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html)</p>

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<p>This article has some data from 2005. About 1100 scored 700 or above on math and 1200 scored 700 or above on verbal.
[The</a> Widening Racial Scoring Gap on the SAT College Admissions Test](<a href=“http://www.jbhe.com/features/49_college_admissions-test.html]The”>The Widening Racial Scoring Gap on the SAT College Admissions Test)</p>

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<p>prefect-
Thank you for the posts.
Are you aware of any NMSF statistics?</p>