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<p>I got a 30, and according to collegeboard, its 28-33, but I refuse to believe that I'm an "average" stanfordian (or w/e you call yourselves). Its probably something ridiculous like 35-36 isn't it?</p>
<p>I think that the collegeboard numbers are correct. You do know that a 32 composite on the ACT is the 99th percentile?</p>
<p>Got denied with a 35...</p>
<p>waitlisted with a 32</p>
<p>In (SCEA) with a 33....but, seriously, if you get it up in the range, you're fine. Stanford doesn't want people who sit and fret about their SAT/ACT scores not being high enough; they want people who are active contributors to their environment and gleaning all they can from the world - both immediately and extendedly (is that a word?) - around them! Btw 99th percentile does typically entail success...and besides test scores don't get you in, they simply legitamize your GPA and other school specific achievements</p>
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<p>I am well aware of that, however, I don't believe that people like me should be considered about average for such a competitive school like stanford (I'm in the 97th percentile, which isn't that great). Yes 99th is good, but 97 is mediocre IMHO, and certainly, a 28, which is 93%, is pretty bad, does not seem to fit stanford's high profile. This is especially strange considering that lower ranked schools like Duke and Rice have a 30-34 range, which seems WAY more appropriate. </p>
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Again, I disagree. They said JHU's ACT range is 27-32 or something, but according to the webiste its 30-34. Thats why I was checking with you guys, but it appears that you guys dont know either. Oh well, keep the posts comin</p>
<p>I was rejected with a 34.</p>
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Again, I disagree. They said JHU's ACT range is 27-32 or something, but according to the webiste its 30-34. Thats why I was checking with you guys, but it appears that you guys dont know either. Oh well, keep the posts comin
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<p>cl8, you don't know and you want to argue? In any case, if you take a look at the Stanford Common Data Set, you will find that the range indicated on the collegeboard site is correct.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/</a></p>
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<p>hey it sounds like you're upset about something I said, so I wanted to quickly apologize for that. Somehow my tone always comes out wrong on CC and it sounds as though I'm trying to be a jerk, when really I'm not. So I'm really sorry about that.</p>
<p>I meant to essentially say that I dont necessarily trust CB's numbers because as I showed above, they aren't always correct, and given stanford's rep, it doesn't seem feasible that they would have fairly low numbers, which made me doubt it. Thats the reason why I asked here so I could confirm it.</p>
<p>So once again I'm really sorry if that came out the wrong way.</p>
<p>Got in with a 35. Also remember that college board's ranges are usually a year or two behind what the colleges own lit says. Got to have time to compile the data!</p>
<p>CL8 - I have that tone thing going tooo... I don't worry about it. We'll all get to Stanford or where ever and check our ego's at the door as everyone will be as smart as we are. I am kind of looking forward to being "average" after bust you know what for the past 4 years!</p>
<p>In with a 36. But whoever said 32 is 99% is right.</p>
<p>It should also be noted that the number of applicants who turn in an ACT score is very small. Stanford says it is statistically insignificant. Therefore, the scores are probably fairly random each year.</p>