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Oct 6, 2015
3:41:47pm

CDV

wow. How do you get a 4.0 and not be able to better on the ACT?

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CDV

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what is the lowest ACT score you know of for someone who got into BYU Provo?

10/6/15 3:31pm

I don't know, but I am guessing it was a football player.

CDV

10/6/15 3:31pm

like a "regular" applicant is what I'm after

10/6/15 3:35pm

21

10/6/15 3:31pm

How long ago are we talking about? I got in with a 25 back in 2000.

Flippy

10/6/15 3:32pm

recently. something that would be meaningful to someone applying now

10/6/15 3:34pm

In that case, I think it's like 30. Kids nowadays are nutty smart.

Flippy

10/6/15 3:35pm

I know kids are getting those kinds of score, but not all.

10/6/15 3:37pm

I got in with a 24 started in winter of 2010. They said that i couldnt come for

10/6/15 3:48pm

N/A. Because "BYU Provo" doesn't exist.

fredgarvin

10/6/15 3:33pm

20 - 1996. She had a 4.0+ in high school and was from Virginia, so that helped.

CougBlu

10/6/15 3:37pm

wow. How do you get a 4.0 and not be able to better on the ACT?

CDV

10/6/15 3:41pm

Bad test-taker. I know a bunch of people like that. I'm the opposite, though.

Squeegee

10/6/15 3:43pm

I hate the term "bad test taker"

CFMcK

10/6/15 4:03pm

There is so much more to it than that. Some people have problems processing

erodcoug

10/6/15 4:50pm

No. People with dyslexia, ADD, OCD, processing disorders

P-townCoug

10/6/15 7:41pm

I agree with you 100%.

erodcoug

10/7/15 1:43pm

I took both the SAT and ACT and did much better on the SAT than the ACT.

neopolitech

10/6/15 6:58pm

A Crowton-era LB was struggling to get above an 18... had to retake it. Not sure

Yakov

10/6/15 3:43pm

of course you're prob not interested in athletes... different pool of data

Yakov

10/6/15 3:44pm

I got in with a

BYuckner

10/6/15 3:47pm

This chart seems to show some 17s in 2014.

Paco

10/6/15 4:01pm

That's very insightful. Thanks!!

10/6/15 4:17pm

ideal would be a chart for non athletes of the same race and gender

Paco

10/6/15 4:30pm

Sams site: Harvard accepted someone with a 17 ACT and 2.0 GPA.....interesting.

Thrill

10/6/15 4:25pm

I have a close friend who got in with a 20. However, I had a 26 and I was told

Gvillecougar

10/6/15 4:02pm

*she*

Twin Roots

10/6/15 4:31pm

17. I knew her personally.

WHO DEY

10/6/15 4:07pm

I believe my son had a 24 or 25 but was an A student with honors classes and

ohiocougar

10/6/15 6:05pm

My nephew got a 21 in 2013

lobocoug

10/6/15 7:36pm

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