<p>ACT Composite: 32
ACT English : 34
ACT Math : 33
ACT Reading : 29
ACT Science : 30
ACT English w/ Writing: 32
ACT Essay : 9
International Student, US-Born Citizen.
I am applying to colleges like Purdue, Mich ann arbor, UIUC, UT Austin, UCB … etc
But i just notice that the benchmark is a 33. Which again corresponds to around a 2200. Like if you get a 2200 your pretty much set, isnt that it? And with an ACT score of 32/ 2130 i feel like i just failed to reach such benchmark. And its my final score. I pretty much suck at standardized testing. This is my best score yet, by a MILE. But i haven’t reached that benchmark.I’m not asking my chances of getting in to those universities. </p>
<p>You are either an international applicant or a domestic applicant. The ACT you have is a great score, and will fall in the middle 50%~ for the schools you mentioned. </p>
<p>If you are a citizen, then you’re not an int’l.</p>
<p>To what “bechmark” do you refer? </p>
<p>The 2200 benchmark. </p>
<p>Those schools do not set 2200 SAT as a limit or “bechmark” for anything.
The difference between a 33 ACT and a 32 ACT is negligible at those schools.
A 32 is in the top 3% of all ACT test takers and you should be proud of that score.</p>
<p>Conventional wisdom that I have heard is 2100/32, or 2250/34 as threshold numbers beyond which schools move on to look at other statistics. So, for this level of Urban Legend, you are actually at the benchmark. The urban legend (which may be true) is that above a certain threshold, admissions officers are convinced you can handle the rigors of the school and move on to determine fit. Beyond some threshold, there is no value in trying for a higher number- admissions is not a maximization problem, but a cascade of threshold problems.</p>
<p>There is NO defined benchmark, 2200 or any other aggregate standardized testing result, for many universities. The evaluation process, at most highly-selective universities, involves a GREAT deal more than a single point numerical assessment, or even multiple element quantitative appraisals. Were admissions based strictly on “number crunching,” admissions departments could be replaced with a few data-entry clerks and decisions would never focus on the individual behind the numerical information.</p>
<p>32 is an indicator that you can probably do go good work at just about any college or university in the US. At some colleges, you would be considered for very generous merit aid with this score. You don’t suck at standardized testing with a score like that.</p>
<p>Test scores alone won’t get you into a selective college. Your scores are very good relative to all students nationwide and those applying to the colleges you’ve mentioned. I also do not think an admissions officer would jump to fit on seeing extremely strong test scores. What HS courses you took and how you did would be important as would ECs. Even at the biggest state school with thousands of applicants other factors are considered</p>