ACT Scores for Ivy League Admissions

If you're wondering if you have the ACT scores you'll need to get into an Ivy League school, here's a side-by-side comparison of scores for the middle 50% of enrolled students. If your scores fall within or above these ranges, you're on target for Ivy League admissions.

Realize, of course, that ACT scores are just one part of the application. It's possible to have perfect 36s for each ACT subject and still get rejected if other parts of your application are weak. Similarly, some students with scores significantly below the ranges listed here gain admission because they demonstrate other strengths.

To see a full profile of each Ivy League university, click on the names in the chart below. And be sure to check out these other ACT links (or SAT links):

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2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics

ACT Score Comparison (mid 50%)
(learn what these numbers mean)

	ACT Scores
	Composite		English		Math
	25%	75%	25%	75%	25%	75%
Brown	28	33	28	34	27	34
Columbia	28	33	28	34	27	34
Cornell	28	32	28	34	27	33
Dartmouth	28	34	-	-	-	-
Harvard	31	35	32	35	30	35
Princeton	30	34	30	35	30	35
U Penn	29	33	29	34	28	34
Yale	29	34	-	-	-	-