Are Colleges more interested in percentile or score?

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<p>Ok a 31 is very high in the percentile scale, as is 29 and 30 and even down to 27. Are top colleges more interested in percentiles or in scores? is a person who got a 31 in the same standing as a person with a 34?</p>

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<p>No they are not. The score is more important, since last year out of 1.2 million students only 3729 obtained a score of 34 while 15401 students obtained a score of 31. So the score is major factor.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/05/pdf/t4.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.act.org/news/data/05/pdf/t4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Those numbers make me feel stupid....</p>

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<p>Hahaha, I love the 7 kids that score a 1...that is hilarious!!!</p>

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<p>wow only 193 got a 36 composite</p>

<p>that's insanely low, doesn't it seem? the SAT is a lot more right, with perfect scores?</p>

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<p>It is low. Here are some reasons:</p>

<p>1) More people take the SAT - - - so more chances of a perfect score.</p>

<p>2) The ACT isn't easy.</p>

<p>3) The ACT is made up of 4 sections (the SAT has only 3), so more times you have to achieve a perfect (or near perfect) score in order to achieve a perfect score.</p>

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<p>yeah i havnt gotten my scores yet, but im positive i sucked. ha at least i have another shot (or 2) oh well. those percentiles are misleading. even though youd think top 95% was a good thing, most ivy applicants are in the top 99% oh well.</p>