<p>I have a question, what is considered to be a "good" score on the ACT. Please do not respond if you are just going to say: "good" means different things for different people". I understand that, I would like this from the perspective of a kid looking into the top 75 or 50 colleges (LAC or University) in the country. If you could maybe put up a range of ACT scores and for what type of school they would be competitive for in the admissions process (maybe give some examples of schools in those ranges as well). For example:
26-28: (colleges)
29-31 ("")
32-34 ("")
35-36 ("")
ect.
Whatever ranges you think are appropriate (I know really nothing about the ACT and would like a feel for where my score stands, so make the cutoffs at what are considered to be good natural cutoff points, like on the SAT a 1400 is a cutoff point (for instance people are always saying that you need a 1400 atleast to be considered at ivies ect)). I realize that somebody could get into any school with any ACT score (within reason) and that there are many other factors in the admission process, but now is the time to make generilizations...thanks.</p>
<p>Just use this: <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/satACT_concordance.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/satACT_concordance.pdf</a></p>
<p>26-28 (great school)
29-31 (greater school)
32-34 (greater school)
35-36 (greatest school)</p>
<p>hope that helped</p>
<p>I don't think any school exists that would cut you out because of a score 32 or above. If you get 32, you are just as perfectly qualified in the testing area as anyone. 29-31 will put you at average or below for good colleges. If you are strong everywhere else in your app, you are fine.</p>
<p>26-28 This will take you to a Community College.
29-31 This will take you to the state college in your city.
32-34 This will take you to a private University.
35-36 This will take you to Harvard.</p>
<p>Sheed30 isn't right. A Harvard alumi came to my school and told us that getting a perfect score is more likely to get you rejected than accepted to Harvard. The best universities in the nation are looking for something more than a perfect 36.</p>
<p>At many colleges, they look at the SAT/ACT after they have already looked at everything else. So it is basically just a small confirmation of what they had previously seen about you. So, if they liked what they saw in the rest of your app, a 2100+ or 30+ will be sufficient to them.</p>
<p>lol Sheed's playin</p>
<p>Yea, i know...some peeps just don't understand.</p>
<p>a "good score" is really anything that can fit within the range of the colleges you are applying to. a 30+ is a solid score that will allow you to apply everywhere</p>
<p>I guess the answer is really that your one score alone doesn't decide it. You need much much more info, plus there's the idea of taking a test more than once. You've really asked a question way too broad to be answered with any degree of certainty. If you want to look at that score only, go to websites that tell you the typical score of an incoming freshman. In addition, not even all people agree on the top 10 schools, let alone the top 100. The real world doesn't measure schools like U.S. News.
Even Harvard, once thought of as the #1, has had serious issues lately. The mental health of the students comes to mind of course. And, their recent decision to re-instate ethics as a requirement speaks volumes about their feelings. Let's face it- if a school reinstates mandatory ethics it certainly gives the indication they feel their students need more guidance, to put it politely. On the news not long ago, in the same bit that described their switch to ethics, the reporter stated more Harvard grads were in prison than from any other University.
I'm not trying to say Harvard is bad, or that its graduates are, by any means. I am trying to say that rating colleges is extremely subjective, and a prospective student has to remember what they are all about. They are an expensive investment to help prepare a student to be successful in his chosen career in adulthood. Many many schools can achieve that.</p>