<p>Yeah so my composite score is a 34, but I really don't know how good that is for colleges. (i heard it was 99th percentile or something, but what the hell does that mean?) and my friend got a 35 and he's really smart, so I'm guessing it's good - but how good?</p>
<p>what sort of SAT score does it compare to? How will top colleges (HYPS) view this?</p>
<p>it means you aren't getting into college.get out, troll.</p>
<p>yea....i made a similar thread on this like a couple minutes ago. im actually pretty curious myself although i think that 34 is the 75th percentile at most of the upper echelon of universities</p>
<p>what about a 33? lol</p>
<p>just a notch down i guess</p>
<p>I think once you get to a certain level, you really need to stop worrying about scores and focusing on different things. A college won't reject you because you got a 33 rather than a 34 or a 34 rather than a 35. After you've proved that you can handle the material, colleges look at other factors like GPA, ECs, Essays, Recommendations, and Character.</p>
<p>What blondie is referring to is the 32 cap off mark- once you reach that score you're not going to be rejected because of it- it will be for some other reason.</p>
<p>Here's one conversion (but it gives a bit more credit to the act than most other conversion charts do):
<a href="http://collegeapps.about.com/od/satactandotherexams/a/comparesatact.htm%5B/url%5D">http://collegeapps.about.com/od/satactandotherexams/a/comparesatact.htm</a></p>
<p>it definitely gives more credit to the act.</p>
<p>a 34 on the act is a 2300 according to this chart.</p>
<p>a 34 on the act according to the princeton review chart is a 2260.</p>
<p>a 34, according to the University of California system, is 2280-2330. (wikipedia)</p>
<p>how hard is it to get above a 2300 on the SAT I? I debating whether or not I should take the SAT on saturday, and I've never taken the SAT I before...</p>
<p>^Well in that case it doesn't give more weight in relation to the UC chart.</p>
<p>But in terms of your question, the SAT may be easier or harder for you. Or it could be the same.</p>
<p>I know someone with a 2280 SAT, but can't even get a 30 ACT.
Then there's me- 2070 SAT with a 33 ACT (130-150 point difference...)</p>
<p>'How will HYPS view this?'</p>
<p>If you come froma competitive school district, 34 is probably an average ACT score to send. If you come from a regular-type school , 34 should be in pretty good running .</p>
<p>A 34 would generally be considered higher than that of the average white or asian applicant to harvard, and well above black and hispanic.</p>
<p>I see it this way:</p>
<p>30 is a very good score. Many are accepted at top schools with this.</p>
<p>32 is a good improvement from a 30. At about 32+, there becomes little difference.</p>
<p>Once you hit 34, your ACT score won't matter. 34+ proves mastery of the ACT and its concepts.</p>
<p>1920 SAT 34 ACT here... The ACT you answer the questions, no strategy gimmicks like on the SAT.</p>
<p>yeah, it is a much more straightforward test. </p>
<p>I do wish we had more breaks though - by the time I got around to science, I had almost no energy left ... pure guessing got me through the last science passage</p>
<p>it's also really long (or at least seems like it, because of the aforementioned dearth of breaks)</p>
<p>Oh, you don't need to retake/take the SAT. That satisfy you?</p>
<p>You guys are way too kind to trolls. If this guy got a 34 I am sure he would know what 99th percentile is.</p>
<p>Maybe he just got lucky...</p>
<p>haha i'm not a troll, and I do know what 99th percentile means.
I just wanted to know what a 34 would mean to HYP, b/c thats what I really care about</p>
<p>a 34 is good anywhere so save your energy to worry about something else</p>
<p>a 34 is right at the 75%ile at most of these schools</p>