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When did those scores change to that? Remember when my son was in school wasn't it something like 1600 being a perfect score? Son had a friend who got a perfect score way back when, whatever it was. Son was not far behind in that score. Gosh, it's been so long, and they do grow up fast! Son is now 30 years old!!!!
Congrats on his accomplishment. Hopefully he will continue to excel in life!
Edit: You can tell, I'm out of the loop...I saw SAT, not ACT.
Yeah 30 is generally good enough to get about 1/2 tuition off at a solid state school.
Admission to a really good school is iffy and no chance at the ivy's etc....unless of course the kid is also a good athlete or has some good "hook" which can be a variety of things.
My youngest has an SAT equivalence to about that and is applying at schools right now.
While I agree that 30 is a very good score, I wouldn't quite go that far. I'd shoot for the big state schools with that score.
Yes. Here a 30 and a 3.9 - 4.0 with some decent extra curricular activities and lots of AP classes will get you into our top State school University of Michgian. I think you need some other added edge to get into the bigger named schools (like starting a successful business during high school, getting elected mayor of your town, state tennis champion, obtaining a patent, etc) - - or you could be a good football player.
A 31 opens more doors and a 32 seems to open all the doors.
It seems like most kids and increase a couple fo points by taking the ACT prep courses. They are expensive and time consuming. I have never been able to get my kids to take one of those courses, but their friends have generally bumped their score up a couple of points by taking those courses.
Congratulations! Fire up the application to Stanford, Chicago, and the Ivys.
The middle 50% of admissions to Harvard score between 31 and 35 on the ACT. The University of Chicago, 31-34. Stanford, 30-34.
But that's only part of the story. I got a 30 on the ACT in 1987, when 30 was in the 98th percentile (nationally, scores have gotten better over the last three decades). But no Ivy or Ivy-equivalent would have even considered my application, and rightfully so. Why? Because I didn't even graduate in the top 50% of my class. I've always been great at test-taking. But back in the day, I wasn't so much for doing the hard work of getting everyday grades.
Elite schools know this. A person needs to do more than just get a great test score.
This is not to diminish what this student accomplished. Maybe their have the grades. But not necessarily. The Ivies (and others that you cite which are on par with the Ivies) are looking for the whole student, not just the test-taker. It was true in my day and it still is.
I got a 32 on my ACT, but my GPA was a bit low as I was in a bit of a slacker phase. Did not get into MIT.
I wish I could go back to age 16-18 and slap some sense into myself.
Well that's what I constantly remind my 14 years old every day. He is going to need a combination of things over the next 3 years. He just started 9th grade.. one down and 13 more marking period to go. We were up in Boston last year. Plan to visit there again next year. We are shooting high for now.. Will have to see if he survive first 2 years of HS first.
OP..Im happy for you and your son. Is he naturally very smart or does he study very hard?
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