Do highly selective colleges look at individual ACT scores

calmom
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 02:43:52 +0000

There is no meaningful statistical difference between a 34 and a 36 on either the composite or any specific subscore. This is not a linear scale – rather it’s a bell curve with 34 being 98%+ All colleges are going to view those high end scores as essentially the same, and no college is going to base selection on the difference between a 34 / 35 / 36. The 33 subscores in math & science are still at the 98% level.

If your son doesn’t get accepted, it will be for reasons other than the test scores. So his time and yours are best focused on paying attention to those.