<p>I am a high school student from China. I stayed in the U.S. for my junior year as an exchange student. My ACT score is 31 with the following subscores:
English 34, Math 33 (I have gotten 36 before), Reading 24, Science 32 and writing 8 (I have gotten 10 before). </p>
<p>Since it is pretty hard to retake the test in China (I need to go to Hong Kong to take it), do you think my current ACT score is already satisfying for an international student like me applying to Princeton?</p>
<p>I can retake the test in December in Hong Kong. Do you suggest me to take it again, I mean, if you take the travel and expense into account?</p>
<p>Standards are very high for international students. Unless you have really good extracurriculars, a 31 isn't going to cut it. Whether it's worth it or not is really up to you, but as it stands now, you'll have a hard time getting in.</p>
<p>i got a 32 and someone told me it was in the range for Princeton, is that because im not and International student or was i miss informed (i plan on retaking it anyway)</p>
<p>A 32 is within the middle 50% of admitted students, but this data might not be all that meaningful since only 14% of matriculating students submit ACT scores.</p>
<p>I'm a midwesterner and did the whole ACT thing too. If you're better at ACTs, go right ahead and take them, but I found I did a lot better on SATs because of the different format (just worked better for me) Anyways, I would <em>really</em> try to raise that 31 up. Remember, international students have completely different schooling systems (often times) so to compare internationals to domestics, these tests are pretty darn important. So I'd say, try again, shoot for at least a 33/34. (Unless you want to do SAT :D )</p>
<p>31 is fine for ACT. It's not like there's some "cutoff". Key thing is if you're an international student, you still have to meet the benchmarks (700s SAT sections, good grades, etc.) that domestic students have; there's no "break" for living outside of the US.</p>