Questions about ACT scores

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>I took my S to a "Spend the summer Day" at UP a couple of months ago. I noticed at the event and in other university posts that the middle 50 ACT scores appear to be significantly higher than the middle 50 AAT scores. While I understand that the construct of the 2 teats are completely different, most universities have conversion charts that have comprable scores.</p>

<p>MY S has a weighted GPA in excecess of a 4.0, numerous ec's ( varsity sports,NHS, community services, etc ) He also is more than willing to start his education in the summer. I also have noticed that according to Businessweek that the average ACT score for 2009 was a 27 at Smeal. My son also scored a 27 on his exam which puts him in the lower portion of the middle 50 according to UP's middle 50 rangeof 26-30. At "Spend a Summer Day", the university staff said that Smeal applicants should really be in the higher end ranges for both grades and test scores to gain admittance.</p>

<p>Here are my questions for those of you that may want to share yor thoughts :</p>

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<li>What are my S's chances as he really wants to go to PSU ?</li>
<li>Would they possibly accept him as a general admit and thus require that he gets at least a 3,2 to eventually migrate into Smeal ( this would be a real downer to hold this over his head).</li>
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<p>Thanks for any thoughts that you all might have..... yes, my son is an oos student.... Congrats to JoePA on # 400. What a thrill !!!</p>

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<p>I had a 27 act composite and got into summer session. Does he had a high math sub score? I has a 32</p>

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<p>He actually screda 28 on Math on that test, but did scorea 32 on a previous test. THe composite however was only a 26. His scores are all across the map.</p>

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<p>Look for act to sat converters Nd then check out the bubble chart here on this forum. Id say he has a great chance</p>

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<p>Thanks PSUfan… sorry that I am atilltle slow on the acronyms, but can you tell me what ND stands for. I have seen the bubble charts and think that his conversion is positive.</p>

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<p>Pretty sure he meant and</p>

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<p>Yea I’m on my itouch and typing is a bit difficult</p>

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<p>After I looked back and saw all my typos on my previous messages I considered going back to school myself. You would never know that I have a BA and an MS with all the mistakes I have made. Thanks again.</p>