Will a 32 hurt me?

Applying to College
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<p>No GPA or ACT guarantees admission.
Other factors, especially, state you are in, possibly ethnicity, etc, are all equally important.</p>

<p>Son was rejected at JHU, Harvard, waitlisted at others that he was a match for sure. He was valedictorian, 4.0 unweighted GPA, 13 AP’s, 1 college class, and 34 ACT, great leadership, blah, blah blah. He fit all the class profiles, but there are many students just like him applying to the same schools. (No begrudging schools or kids who do get in.)</p>

<p>You never know. You may get in to any of those schools he did not. Apply anyway. Make sure you apply to some good matches though. </p>

<p>(Fyi- My friends daughter was rejected by her 2 safety schools last year and was accepted (and went to) he reach school that gave her good merit money based on her community service. ) You just never know how this will play out so apply to a variety of schools and take it from there. </p>

<p>Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>imo, bad scores may keep you out, but good scores will not get you in. i don’t think a 32 could keep you out of very many places. spend the time studying on doing something you love.</p>

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<p>32 is a great score. Would you be more competitive with a 33 or 34? Probably, but like others said, it will most likely not keep you out of a lot of places.</p>

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<p>hell no look at the SAT comparison</p>

<p>A 32 composite is equal to a 2150 on the SAT which in my opinion is very good</p>

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<p>so dont trip you just do your thing</p>

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<p>I’d retake it for the lulz.</p>

<p>(and to hopefully do better)</p>

<p>I had a 32 this college admissions cycle. I think it honestly hurt me in getting accepted at Vanderbilt, my top choice college (I got waitlisted when all my 34 ACT friends got in).</p>

<p>Many people thought it would have been good enough, but it wasn’t.</p>

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<p>Dude. I know people at Princeton who didn’t even break 2000 on their SAT. </p>

<p>Unless you think that for some reason or another you were off your game when you took your 32, I would just keep it. Unless the rest of your application isn’t looking too well. </p>

<p>I just feel like your time is better spent focusing on extracurriculars and activities that will make you stand out from your peers.</p>

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<p>^Personally, I had a 34 on the ACT and 2260 on the SAT and I was waitlisted at Chicago and rejected by Brown, MIT, and Stanford. Test scores alone don’t get you into college … it’s how well you fit and how much the ADCOM thinks you’ll contribute to the campus. That’s why I don’t recommend you to retake a 32 … a very good score already.</p>