<p>hey.
So I really want to get into Yale University, I know its a long shot but it is my dream college and I would be the happiest person alive if I got in. i'm also a freshman right now so I want to get started on test prep early. I realize that in order to get in I would need to do AMAZING on the ACT. So I was wondering if anyone who did really good on the ACT would let me know what you did to do so well and give me any tips?
Thanks!</p>
<p>That’s actually a fallacy that a perfect SAT/ACT score will get you into Yale. Instead of spending your time focusing on test taking, focus on your grades and enrichment programs. The people who get into Yale are people who are usually the top, or near the top, of their classes. Ask any admissions officer, and they will say that GPA is the biggest determining factor.</p>
<p>Spend your time right now taking college courses and making sure you do the best you can in your classes.</p>
<p>They have also invested a lot of time into pursuing their passions. A lot of times they happen to have great ACT scores too. </p>
<p>Start worrying about the ACT in another year or so.</p>
<p>@Preply I actually researched this and those who got 4.0 GPA’s were turned down because of their test scores and a few people with low GPA’s were accepted because of high test scores. I would say they are both considered just as equally. I am also very aware that I do not need a 36 for this college because some people have gotten in with 28’s. but If I did score a score this high I would be accepted without a doubt. its merely because I want to be the best that I can be, not because I have not done my research.</p>
<p>My science teacher recommended the ACT Online prep course available at [ACT</a> Online Prep | Ordering Information | ACT Student](<a href=“The ACT Test for Students | ACT”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT) Her daughter used that and went from a 26 composite to a 32. I haven’t taken the ACT yet, but I’m intending to use that along with the book (assuming they don’t contain the same practice tests) to study for the test.</p>
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<p>Absolutely not! Numerous applicants get rejected from Yale with perfect SAT and ACT scores. Yale gets way too many perfect scores to accept them all. Preply is correct in saying that an ACT score of higher than 32 does not matter anymore (anyone can make 2-3 stupid mistakes on a test). Your GPA and extracurriculars are FAR more important. </p>
<p>For reference, look through this post: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/1253634-official-yale-class-2016-scea-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/1253634-official-yale-class-2016-scea-results-thread.html</a></p>
<p>Wow. Definitely not. Getting a 36 on every sub-section of the ACT and a 12 on the writing will still NOT get you into Yale. Anything above like a 32 is practically the same for adcoms. Focus on the other parts of your application. It’s great you’re starting early and that you have a clear goal. Do as well as you can on your standardized tests but remember they’re not even nearly the most important part of an application.</p>
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Probably not.</p>
<p>I assume to get a 36, you would need to be very intelligent and hard working.</p>
<p>Getting a composite 36 in ACT is easier than getting 2400 in SAT. Having said that, neither one is considered “easy” as there are only a fraction of 1% people can do that. Nevertheless, I do believe there is a difference between 32 and 34+ in school application and getting merit scholarship. Having 34+, you must have good strength in all sections. While for 32, you could be even below average in one section.</p>
<p>billcsho absolutely not!</p>
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Both tests have a similar scale, and thus the percentage of students getting 36 is almost the same 2400 on the SAT. Getting a higher score on the SAT is actually easier. This is because getting 2-3 questions wrong on the SAT gets you ~770, whereas the same can get your ACT score down to ~32.</p>
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No. Anything above 32 is in the 99th percentile. Below average would be less than 20.</p>
<p>That is not true. There is less than 0,1% student getting 36 in ACT while there is less than 0.001% getting 2400 SAT. See [How</a> many people get perfect 2400 in SAT test? | Ming Lam’s Weblog](<a href=“http://minglam.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2009/10/25/how-many-people-get-perfect-2400-in-sat-test/]How”>How many people get perfect 2400 in SAT test? – Ming Lam's Weblog) and act official website.
To get composite 36 in ACT, you can even lose a couple score points in all sections combined and still rounded up to 36. While for 2400 in SAT, you have to get 800 in all. To get 36 in all sections of ACT is harder though. It is roughly around 1/14,000 (vs ~1/5000 for SAT).</p>
<p>For a composite 32 score, one may have 36, 36, 36, 20 while the average (50%) of each section is at or slightly above 20 (20.5 to 21.3 for 2012). So one may have one section below average and still get a 32 composite score theoretically. Of course, with top scores for the other 3 sections, one may still be at 98% (as for ACT=32). The 99% percentile for composite score is at 33.</p>
<p>For ACT scores distribution, I quote from this site: [The</a> ACT Scoring Scale](<a href=“http://www.testmasters.net/ActAbout/Scoring-Scale]The”>The ACT Scoring Scale)</p>
<p>There is a typo in the blog I quoted above. So the percentage for SAT score is off. Anyway, the official collegeboard said it is around 1 out of >5000 for perfect SAT score. For ACT composite 36, it is around 1/3000 (around 1/200 in my town each year). For perfect ACT score in all sections, it is around 1/14,000.</p>
<p>“but If I did score a score this high I would be accepted without a doubt”</p>
<p>hahahahahahaha</p>
<p>Brown accepted 28.7% of the students with a 36 ACT
[Admission</a> Facts | Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>
<p>I’m sure Yale accepts a higher percentage :-)</p>
<p>billcsho, hmm I didn’t know that. Either way, the chances of getting a 36 on the ACT are only slightly higher. </p>
<p>Another thing I said was that with the SAT you can make a few mistakes and still get above 770 (99th percentile for CR and W). Whereas on the ACT, you cannot make more than two mistakes per section and be in the 99th percentile (35+ is 99th percentile).</p>
<p>Kei-o-lei, Yale doesn’t provide such figures, but Princeton only accepted 18.7% of students with SAT scores 2300-2400.</p>
<p>Don’t even think about for at least a year and a half. I spent about 1 week each on test preparation, with SAT and ACT 2 weeks apart. There’s not really anything you can (or should) do so early.</p>