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<p>What is a descent ACT score?</p>

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<p>Depends on your standards and your definition of decent. </p>

<p>The average score is around a 21.
A perfect score is a 36.</p>

<p>Because of the nature of this site, many students on CC are high achievers. Their scores are generally on the above average range. (30-36)</p>

<p>I go to a below par high school, so my current (soon to go way up) ACT score of a 26 is regarded as pretty good. I’m hoping for a 28-29 this time around and that’s known as outstanding. They call us “super-seniors.” LOL.</p>

<p>Anyway, to make a long story short, anything above a 21 is theoretically “above average.” A good score, in my opinion, is anything above a 26.</p>

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<p>I’m an over-achiever and I think a decent score is a 27-30. I got a 30 on my first ACT (and expecting to go way up :]) and wasn’t really THRILLED with that number, but satisfied.</p>

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<p>Technically, a “descent score” would be a solecism. Otherwise, it would be a score that decreases.</p>

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<p>im looking to get into bowdoin, hopkins, georgetown…is 30 enough or do i need higher?</p>

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<p>I’m not going to judge your ACT score, but it seems like a plethora of factors contribute to your chances once you have a 30 or higher at those schools.</p>

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<p>Average ACT scores for:
Georgetown:Georgetown: For students admitted in 2005, the middle 50% of accepted students scored 30-33 on the ACT.
Hopkins: For students for Fall of 2006, the middle 50% of admitted students had ACT scores of 30-34.
Bowdoin: Test Scores – 25th / 75th Percentile
ACT Composite: 29 / 33</p>

<p>Source: Google
Over the years the applicant pool has gotten more competitive so try googling the class of 2008’s ACT scores</p>

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<p>twaan, if you wanted a higher likelihood of admittance into those schools a 32 would be in the comfortable range. given that 30 is on the lower portion of what those schools accept, you could still get in, but you’d need to have a very good GPA, excellent extracurriculars, etc.</p>

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<p>ok because i got a 33 on the ACT</p>

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<p>and spelled decent wrong?</p>

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<p>and is unnecessarily critical?</p>