possible to get in with a 24 ACT?

bpsbgs
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:44:47 +0000

It is possible, yes, but highly, highly unlikely. Columbia obviously would need to consider carefully your application and your use of the rigor made availible to you. Did you take the SAT? Generally, the SAT is looked at as being more conducive to revealing innate mettle, whereas the ACT focuses on the curriculum you learn. Therefore, I would highly, highly suggest you take the SAT, because if you are genuinely a qualified candidate, you should score much better, at least in the 1800 range, based on intellect alone. That’s what they are looking at in these sorts of schools is your intelligence. If you can prove to them that you’re a smart kid, then I don’t doubt you have a shot at admissions, especially with recs like you claim, but again, you need to demonstrate to them that your ACT does not accurately reflect your ability to reason and think cogently.