<p>Composite score of 30? Feel free to list the schools you are applying to and any other stats. Best of luck!</p>
<p>It is interesting how, in terms of the ACT, 30 seems to be the “magic” score for a lot of people. I wonder why that is, esthetic appeal maybe? The people I know with said score are applying to a variety of places, including Duke, Williams, Carnegie Mellon, etc. Not sure how everything will turn out, though.</p>
<p>a 30 will get you into duke? i am anticipating a 32 (After taking pact’s) i am hesitant to apply to duke (RD), one of my dreams? what do you think i should do?</p>
<p>A 30 will not likely get you into Duke.</p>
<p>A 30 is at the bottom of the middle quartile range (or lower if CB’s stats are old).</p>
<p>My friends’s daughter had a 30 and applied to Davidson, Carnegie Mellon, Guilford and Dennison. She got into the later two and was rejected by the first two…though they did both bring her to campus to visit.</p>
<p>I would think Duke would be a real long shot with 30.</p>
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<p>I think that it is important to note that other factors such as rank, gpa, and extracurriculars can cause someone with a 30 to be a more competitive applicant. Standardized testing can only tell so much</p>
<p>how about a 32-33 chance for duke?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>You should probably ask in another thread since this is about ACT 30 kids.</p>
<p>*My friends’s daughter had a 30 and applied to Davidson, Carnegie Mellon, Guilford and Dennison. She got into the later two and was rejected by the first two…though they did both bring her to campus to visit.</p>
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<p>Is this student a URM? It’s not typical for schools to pay for a campus visit for an ACT 30 unless the student is highly desired. I know many kids with higher stats that applied to those schools and were not offered such complimentary visits.</p>
<p>Yeah I know a 30 will probably not get someone into Duke, but I was answering the OP’s question. Some people I know are applying to Duke with this score.</p>
<p>And to mom2collegekids:</p>
<p>If a college pays for you to come on a visit, does that show that the school is legitimately interested in you and your chances of admission are higher? I guess my basic question is, do only a few, select students get offered these opportunities?</p>
<p>Sorry that this is off-topic :)</p>
<p>Hopefully others will chime in here. I haven’t heard of many schools paying for campus visits (that aren’t related to a scholarship weekend). </p>
<p>I’ve heard of a few schools that will fly NMFs in…or a few schools that will fly low income high stats kids in…or will fly in some desirable URMs. That’s why I was asking about the ACT 30 that supposedly Davidson and CMU flew in…that’s unusual so I was wondering if the student was a URM…since an ACT 30 isn’t particularly desirable for those 2 schools.</p>
<p>Different schools are looking for different things in an applicant. It also depends on your major. Some majors may require higher scores in certain areas, such as math or science. A score of 30 on the ACT is decent, but how is your GPA, any talent, and EC’s? Schools are not just looking at your scores, they value an applicant as a whole. Keep in mind that some people have time to retake their SAT or ACT several times, while others may not have the opportunities (such as affording the cost to take each test, or have scheduling issues) to retake them that many times.</p>