<p>a 34 for brown would be ok?</p>
<p>nothing falls into the category of "ok" for ivies, especially at one like brown where they don't place that much emphasis on standardized tests. however, once you get to a certain range, your scores will do nothing but help you and a 34 is in that range for brown and almost anywhere.</p>
<p>I have had students get into Columbia with a 31, Harvard, UPenn, and Columbia with a 32, and Princeton with a 33. Also 33 is 99th percentile.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>iowejf You seem to know a lot. What exacltly does Brown put the most emphasis on besides grades? Is it really personality?</p>
<p>Aim to be in the upper end of the 25%-75% midrange for your schools or above. The 25%-75% midrange for the Ivies are as follows:</p>
<p>Harvard: 31-34
Yale: 31-34
Princeton: 30-34
Columbia: 28-33
Dartmouth: 28-34
UPenn: 29-33
Brown: 27-33
Cornell: 28-32</p>
<p>And some others:</p>
<p>University of Chicago: 28-33
MIT: 30-34
Stanford: 28-33
Amherst: 28-33
Williams: 29-33
Swarthmore: 28-34</p>
<p>Keep in mind this includes legacies, athletes, "hooked" applicants and not everyone submits ACT scores. Overall I'd say the 32-34 range makes you completive, but to really stand out you would need 35 or 36.</p>
<p>Yeah, just looked all that up on Princeton Review... I'm pretty bored waiting for the Sabers Game.</p>
<p>brown places high importance on character, talent, etc., and less (but still a signifacant amount of) importance on essays and class rank, while tests are only taken into moderate consideration.</p>
<p>The ACT is quite easy (I think), so you really shouldn't need that much practice if you're smart (your plan sounds WAAAY excessive XD)...</p>
<p>But one word of caution - I wouldn't get <em>too</em> set on a 35-36, because practice can only help you so much. Like in all of my practice exams, and the end, I definitely knew all of the answers - but even if you have time to check, it just seems (or at least, it seemed to me) IMPOSSIBLE to avoid <em>some</em> careless errors! </p>
<p>So you'll likely get to a point in your practice testing where you can't really improve much - because you know how to solve every problem, but you just inevitably read one or two questions wrong, mess up on some simple addition, etc... And the thing is, it seems like they don't really curve the test that much, since there aren't very many questions on the ACT. So in order to get a 36 on a section, you have to have absolutely NO careless mistakes....and then 1 simple mistake automatically takes you down to a 35, and 2 brings you down to a 34..... So a 33, or even likely 34, is certainly doable if you practice a lot & learn how to excel at every problem - but still, I just wouldn't <em>count</em> on getting a 35-36 by studying your heart out! You can only do so much!</p>
<p>The ACT isn't everything. I know a guy who got a 35 and is attending a local state university because he slacked off his senior year and made poor grades.</p>
<p>The average ACT score in the U.S. is a 21. Scoring a 32 or higher puts you in the top 1% of test takers.</p>
<p>What constitutes a "good" ACT score is a matter of opinion. Some are happy with a 26, others think a 28 is good, while others insist only a 34 or over is good.</p>