<p>Is it even possible for me to get into Columbia with an ACT score of 28 or 29?</p>
<p>Is there a building with your last name on it? Are you an Olympic athlete? Is your parent a Senator or Cabinet member? </p>
<p>Just kidding, but if you look on College Board, you will see that 28 is in the lowest 25% of accepted students (and that quartile likely contains a fair number of athletes and legacies)</p>
<p>oh man, that’s quiet a confidence booster…thanks anyway though</p>
<p>A 33 or 34 would get you deeper into the pack. What are your SAT scores? Oh yeah – and also Columbia will examine your app. in an holistic manner, so you’ve got that going for you.</p>
<p>I would say try the SAT, you will probably do better on that one.
and unless you have other shiny things on your app, your scores may harm your chance</p>
<p>My daughter got in with a 30 Composite ACT score. But then again, she got a perfect 800 on a section of the SAT also. It wasn’t the Writing section either.</p>