<p>I just got my ACT back and I got a 30. It said I was in the top 3 or 4 % I can’t remember. Doesn’t the score seem low to be that high in % rank? With this score and a 2100 SAT and a solid 3.7 GPA at a top ranked high school and 3 varsity sports for 4 years give me a shot at the Lesser Ivies or should I take it again?</p>
<p>I also am Hispanic. Not a big deal where I am from but from what I hear, up North it is a factor. Thanks again.</p>
<p>With your stats, in my opinion (not sure how much that really counts for), you should definitely have a shot. I won’t say that your a shoo-in to get in, because almost noone is a shoo-in anywhere, but you seem to have a decent shot at places like Cornell.</p>
<p>30 IS the 97th percentile. So it seems like your score is precisely where it should be. <a href=“ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT”>ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT;
<p>The ACT is a normed test – the scores you get back aren’t your raw scores (how many correct) but the score that reflects the percentile you ended up being at (in other words, in comparison to everyone else).</p>
<p>Roughly, the ACT has a mean of 18 with a standard deviation of 6, just like a section of the SAT has a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. So, both an ACT of 30 and an SAT of 2100 are at two standard deviations above the mean. With a normal distribution, two standard deviations puts you at the 97th percentile.</p>