🤔What is a Good Score for ACT?

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What is a Good Score for ACT?

American College Testing or ACT is a standardized entrance test taken by students to get admission into undergraduate courses in a university. The examination is usually taken by students studying in the USA or Canada. For those planning to study abroad a good ACT can be extremely beneficial. For this reason, securing a good score for the ACT is mandatory. The ACT examination assesses the science, mathematics, and verbal skills of a candidate. Knowing the good ACT score required for admission will help a student aim for the same. Keep reading to learn more about a good score for ACT.

Exam Name SAT
Exam Sections  Reading Writing, and Mathematics
Exam Duration 2 hours and 14 minutes
Exam Website  https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration

What is a Good ACT Score Overall?

Any composite score above the 50th percentile (19-20) is considered a decent score. However, the score might not be enough to get into the best colleges. Therefore, it is best for the student to aim higher. That is around 25% or a composite score of 24.

Each section of the ACT is measured on a scale (1-36). The overall score would be the average score of the student in all the sections. Therefore, to get a good score it is important to secure a minimum score of 24 in each section. A common range of good ACT scores on the basis of percentile is provided below. It is important to note that the percentile can change each year.

Percentile Composite English Reading Math Science
100 36 36 36 36 36
99 34-35 35 34-36 34-35 35
95 31 33-34 33-34 30-31 31
90 29 30-31 31-32 28 28
85 27 27-28 29-30 26 26
80 25-26 25 27 25 25
Good score (75) 24 24 24 24 24
Median score (50) 19-20 19 18 20 20

What is a Good ACT Score Based on Your Colleges?

Universities and colleges have different ACT Score requirements. Therefore, whether a score is good or not depends solely on the university score requirement. Several schools respect the median score (50) secured by students. However, it is best that a student secures a score close to the 75th percentile ACT score of the school. For example, As per the students enrolled in Emory University, the ACT score requirement in the middle 50% is 33-35. It means a student securing 35 on the ACT can have a chance of admission

Here we have listed the middle 50% of the 1st year students in popular colleges. The data provided below is for the class of 2025.

University 75th Percentile ACT Score 25th Percentile ACT Score
Bowdoin College 34 32
Boston University 35 33
Colgate University 34 31
Columbia University 35 34
Colorado College 33 29
Indiana University Bloomington 32 27
Pennsylvania State University 33 29
Miami University 31 25
Rice University 35 34
University of Connecticut 33 28
Tulane University 34 31
University of Maryland, College Park 34 34
University of Georgia 34 31
University of Richmond 35 32
University of Minnesota Twin Cities 33 22
Villanova University 34 32
Wesleyan University 35 33
Washington University in St. Louis 35 33
University of Connecticut 33 28
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FAQs

1. Is a 12 good for ACT?

No. 12 score is a below-average score for the ACT. It means the student who has secured this score has a really low chance of getting into a college

2. What is a good average score for the ACT?

We’ve already noted that a 19 is an average ACT score, at the 50th percentile. A score of 24 means you’ve scored better than about 76% of students 30-May-2023

3. Is 27 a good ACT?

ACT score 27 comes under the 87th percentile. It means the student can get admission in a few colleges.

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