I’m white, unhooked.
Highest single sitting:
C: 32
E: 35
M: 31
R: 34
S: 27
Highest superscore (although most schools do not superscore)
C: SUPERSCORED 33
E: 35
M: 35
R: 34
S: 27
Schools I’m looking at:
Northwestern
Duke
Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth
UPenn
UC Berkeley
Johns Hopkins
Obviously I have matches and safeties.
It is hard to answer your question without any other stats (GPA, extracurriculars, etc.). Your scores are in no way a deal breaker, especially if you have strong extracurriculars to make up for it.
Most of these schools have a 33 median ACT, so unhooked applicants should aim for the 33-34 range. The notable exception is Berkeley, which has a ~31 median ACT and places much more weight on GPA.
@goldenbear2020 Even for Duke the median is 33? Btw, how do you know what the median is?
Duke’s 25%-75% range is 31-34, which means its median is most likely 33 (the 25%-ile is mostly hooked applicants)
http://ir.provost.duke.edu/facts/cds/Duke%20CDS_2013-2014.pdf
The 25%-75% range among the accepted pool is 31-35 for A&S and 33-35 for Engineering.
http://admissions.duke.edu/images/uploads/process/DukeClass2019Profile.pdf