<p>Let's start a thread to give hope to the people who score low on either the SAT or ACT. So what was your low test score that still got you into Columbia?</p>
<p>God, just wait like everyone else. Go outside.</p>
<p>If you live in new york and make under 33k you might have a good shot</p>
<p>^how so? 10 char</p>
<p>I have three friends who got in with “low” scores:</p>
<p>1990 + Double Legacy + Ranked Top Half
2040 + Puerto Rican + Ranked Top Half
1900 + African American + Ranked Bottom Quarter</p>
<p>See the picture?</p>
<p>“Hope is on the way”</p>
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Yikes…Was this one at least a top prep/magnet school kid? There are maybe 10 HSes in the nation where bottom quarter doesn’t look bad for state school, let alone Ivy.</p>
<p>What would one consider low for ACT?</p>
<p>I believe the 50th percentile for the act at Columbia is 29-34</p>
<p>^ I thought it was 30-33</p>
<p>“Yikes…Was this one at least a top prep/magnet school kid?”</p>
<p>I should have mentioned: the DL is a Specialized HS grad, the URMs top prep grads.</p>
<p>“Specialized HS grad,” stuy?</p>
<p>Last year, according to the Columbia website, the middle 50% ACT scores were 31-34. According to the email sent to parents, the range was 31-35.</p>