Is a 34 ACT good?

UnivMom
Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:46:10 +0000

She is applying to some very heavy hitting Engineering schools. Some Ivy, most are top 20. Her state school and Georgia Tech are her safety schools and they are not safe by a long shot. She is in the top 3-4% of her class at a top 100 public HS and was designated a Distinguished AP Scholar at the end of her JR yr.

After reading many of the threads it seems like there are more brilliant students around than spaces in the universities and my daughter is merely average (how many students make up the top 1% anyway?)

It was so much easier when I was growing up. I applied to 1 university (U of Mich) I got in and it was the best school in my state.