Do private colleges compare SAT/ACT scores within your school?

Applying to College
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<p>Of course they compare GPA and class rank, but do they do SAT/ACT scores? I go to a huge public school that is "competitive" in that 10-15% of the school population wants to get straight As, but they do terrible on standardized tests. For instance, the average ACT score is 18. The average SAT score is Verbal/Math ~830. </p>

<p>I took the ACT cold in October and got a 26. I plan on taking it again to get at least a 28-29, but will they take school's average test scores into account?</p>

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<p>i hope they will</p>

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<p>according to the book The Gatekeepers, which is about admissions at Wesleyan U, they do.</p>

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<p>interesting question.....I would imagine that it depends on the college in question, but looking at results from our HS, it would appear that they do not compare SAT/ACT scores within a school......GPA and Class rank still trumped those ranked lower with higher sAT/ACT scores.</p>