The Benchmark for Ivies...

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<p>For the SAT anything over a 2250 is considered very good for Ivy League Schools, etc.
So for the ACT what would you consider "that" score which makes you ultra competitive at Ivies? Of course this is assuming the rest of you application is in line.</p>

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<p>Probably 34 up by your standards, considering 34 is the supposed equivalent of a 2260.</p>

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<p>For an average app, a lot of people consider a 34 or up to be good. If you have killer EC's, a killer essay, or something else that benefits your application, you could get by with less.</p>

<p>If you're trying to be spectacular, a hot-shot standardized test score won't do it. A great essay or some spectacular EC's are much better in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn- 30+
Columbia- 32-33+
Harvard Yale Princeton- 33+</p>

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<p>Oh come on. I think a 32 is good enough...99th percentile, pal!</p>

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<p>I don't know if this is true or not, but my thinking is the colleges really don't care so much once you get into the top percentile. After that they start really caring about your personality, EC's, and recommendations.</p>

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<p>Yeah, exactly.</p>

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<p>does anyone have a legitimate conversion chart that is actually used by colleges? </p>

<p>maea- i'm asking you most specifically because of your above comment</p>

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<p>Compare</a> SAT and ACT Scores - How to Convert and Compare SAT and ACT Scores</p>

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<p>I was using a similar chart (SAT-ACT</a> Conversion chart)</p>

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<p>Coming out of my HS, the 50th percentile ACT scores of students accepted to each Ivy are as follows:</p>

<p>Brown-34
Columbia-34
Cornell-32
Dartmouth-33
Harvard-33
Princeton-33
Penn-32
Yale-34</p>

<p>FWIW, Swarthmore and Yale were both listed as 35 before this fall's ED season. I do not remember any other schools having means that high...</p>

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<p>Just use the 50-75th percentile ACT score for the school (most top schools publish them).</p>

<p>top college don't use a set conversion, they have just evaluated enough applications to know what is a good ACT score for someone they admit.</p>

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<p>Some of these Columbia people are seriously off base. Dartmouth significantly exceeds avg tests scores at Columbia year over year.</p>

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<p>straight from collegboard is this ACT/old SAT Converter</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/satACT_concordance.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/satACT_concordance.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>