I'm done...but still worried!

Applying to College
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<p>Hello,
I am applying to 11 colleges: UCs Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Davis, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Cruz; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer College, Ponoma College, and Stanford.</p>

<p>My grades are excellent ranging from a 4.0 to a 4.33/4.4 (9-12). I am also in leadership, holding ASB positions and have some good extracurricular activities that show that I engage in my community and love to help people. </p>

<p>I have tried and tried to do better with tests. I scored a 1590 on the SAT in May, and I took the ACT last June and got a composite score of 24: M23 E25 S20 R27 Essay 10. I took again this past October (I studied and studied and had a positive attitude, too! and got a composite score of 24: M24 E26 S22 R22 Essay still needs to be assessed. I got a 570 on SATII Chem and a 650 on US History. It seems like I do better on subject tests (well Chem was alright…not a great score); however, I am taking the Literature exam in December.</p>

<p>My questions are:

  1. Which ACT score should I use to submit to my colleges?
  2. Do the colleges that I am applying to accept people with bad test scores?
  3. Do test scores really indicate intelligence, or really, how well someone will do in college?
  4. Is my score of 24 on the ACT good/bad?</p>

<p>Thanks—I appreciate all honest feedback!</p>

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<p>The UC’s care a great deal about grades and many people with your test scores and grades have gone to UCB and UCLA. Question: Are you a california resident?
I’d say your chances are just as good as everyone else’s. You should submit both ACT’s to colleges because most superscore. The harder colleges like Pomona and Stanford like their students to have high test scores because it shows to some degree that they are intelligent. Your score of 24 is not bad but it won’t make you a likely candidate for your reach schools.</p>

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<p>I am a California resident. I know UCs don’t superscore, but when you referred to people getting into a UC with the same score as me, was that superscored or not? I know that Stanford and Pomona are kind of a stretch, but honestly, I don’t think test scores equal intelligence. Thanks!</p>