<p>Well I guess I never thought I really had a chance at many Ivies and was only going to apply to Penn and possibly Brown. Then I saw this article: Ivy</a> League Average ACT Scores</p>
<p>I'm really surprised how low a lot of these scores are. In fact, my 32 (10 writing) doesn't even look so bad...especially when I figured out that Brown and Penn super score the ACT. Now its a 33 and I still have another ACT in December to get it even higher.</p>
<p>I have great ECs, a SS 33 ACT (34 SS if I can get a 33 science), am valedictorian with a 4.0 UW, and with amazing recs and a pretty solid essay. Do I have a much better chance than I thought at these schools, or is something skewing those numbers (i.e. legacy acceptances even though they have very low test scores).</p>
<p>These numbers can be very misleading. They don’t mention the half of the class that are recruited athletes, URMs, legacies and the otherwise connected who might have considerably lower scores. And they don’t mention they bend way more for kids from Alaska and north Dakota.</p>
<p>Here’s Brown. Note under 14% with a 33 are accepted. And about 8% with a 32. These, of course, include the hooked! The 26% of vals is slightly more encouraging.</p>
<p>So no, most at our high school with super high stats (2350 plus) look at Brown and Penn as plenty reachy.</p>
<p><a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University;
<p>First off, this is not updated. Currently, most of these universities range is 30-34, with harvard and Princeton at 31-35 and cornell’s from 28-33. Brown is at 29-34 and penn is at 30-34. Good luck though. I concur with all of 2college^2 points.</p>
<p>Ah, I suspected as much.</p>
<p>That’s mighty unfortunate (for me). I guess I NEED to get that 34 SS now, or may chances are vastly curtailed.</p>