Middle 50% Test Scores? Who are they?

Applying to College
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<p>I got a 32 on my ACT but everyone says that significantly reduces my chances at Ivy Leagues because I'm Asian. </p>

<p>I'm looking at Columbia University right now and their middle 50% of tests scores for ACT is 32 and 35, meaning I'm in the bottom 25th percentile of ACT scores. But who really are at the bottom 25th percentile?? I don't want to generalize here but would the URM (which exclude Asians) be at the bottom 25th percentile? Would it be more appropriate to compare my score with the 3rd quartile since I'm Asian? I know test scores aren't everything but scoring high for Ivies is a given.</p>

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<p>The appropriate classification is:</p>

<p>1-15% Asian
16-82% White
83-92% Black
93-98% Hispanic
99-100% Native American/Other
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<p>Don’t be stupid jdroidxw. If you really think the above is true Columbia certainly doesn’t want you.</p>

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<p>Athletes for one. Developmental cases, celebrities, legacies, phenomenal artists or musicians, kids that have overcome tremendous adversity such as refugees…and some of those same kids may be URMs as well. No one should consider themselves to have much of a chance in the lower quartile, including URMs unless they are remarkable in some way. Are you remarkable? Keep in mind that even with a 36 the odds of getting accepted to Columbia are not in your favor.</p>

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<p>@ tufts, it’s probably true to some extant?</p>

<p>im sure if one was to look @ act average of accepted freshman by race then there would be differences. do you disagree? it may very well be that an over represented racial minority would have a harder time getting into columbia. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Admission%20Preferences%20Espenshade%20Chung%20Walling%20Dec%202004.pdf[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Admission%20Preferences%20Espenshade%20Chung%20Walling%20Dec%202004.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Just don’t check off race in demographics then.</p>