<p>First of all, please tone down the angst. I’m a very good standardized test taker, but my ECs/artistically skills were terrible. But I’m not clamoring for colleges to stop considering ECs. SAT/ACT might not be your strong point, but it’s other people’s. Be considerate. </p>
<p>Second of all, low ACT scores do not mean you have different talent. It means you’re not great at the sort of skills ACT measures (and yes, reading is part of it). Whether or not you have other talents is demonstrated elsewhere.</p>
<p>Third, please don’t overestimate the quality of your extracurricular involvement. My ECs were on the bottom range of what my fellow Cornellians had… and they constituted involvement in several clubs, ~200 hours of community service, tutoring and some other things. Just sayin’.</p>