I have a 32 ACT (34E 30M 31R 34S 30W) and took it again today. I probably scored around a 32 again. The rest of my app is strong. I’m applying ED and I was wondering if this 32 will hurt my chances of being admitted. It’s the average score for Brown, right?
Admission process is truly holistic thus if the rest of your application is actually strong (other areas that consistently make you stand out) then a 32 will not be the single most determining factor for admissions.
I’m going to disagree with IfnousWHO for any ED 2022 applicants that stumble across this thread. A 32 will hurt and may be the deciding factor between a deferral and an acceptance, even for ED. Test scores go into us-news rankings and, so brown still needs them from un-hooked applicants.
“Holistic” at Ivy league schools doesn’t mean that test scores don’t matter anymore: it means that test scores alone aren’t enough to propel an applicant into the school. BUT they do matter.
35.2% of the class had a 33-36 in the class of 2019 data. https://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/sites/brown.edu.admission.undergraduate/files/uploads/Counselor%20Newsletter%202015%20(1).pdf
@bubblepop12444 I’m going to be as objective as possible here: 32 is the school’s average. Having a 32 won’t help, but it won’t be the reason for rejection. Having a 32 will make AOs look for other aspects of your profile that make you stand out–things that mean more than test scores. There’s a certain threshold for scores at some schools; having the school’s average shows that you are capable of handling the workload. Thus, adcoms will look through you app for other reasons to accept, defer, waitlist, or reject you.
I’m wondering, did you get in early?
@coolcheesebagel deferred. But I’m almost 100% sure it wasn’t because of my test scores. More likely because my supplements weren’t great.
But I also bumped up my superscore to a 34 and Brown looks at highest sub scores across test dates so I think I had more of a 34 anyway.