@scubadive the college board posts results for 2018. 5100 or so out of 2.3mm test takers earned at 1560 or better last year.
That score translates to a 35 act. The middle of your 34 to 36 example. If you add in the 34s maybe another 30k. I’ve checked before but it’s not the exact number that matters. Top ten percent of any group is good company. Top five percent even better. Top two percent. That’s pretty close to rare.
That isn’t one in a million but pretty darn exceptional. There aren’t really “scores” of students in the 34 to 36 cohort as many suggest.
Only mentioning this as CC threads are filled with this small group of exceptional students and their parents. It can distort the reality of 2.25 million of the 2.3 million potential applicants.