BYU has a 50% acceptance rate and is about the 80th ranked school in the country. The pressure to get into BYU is

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Jan 25, 2020
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Average BYU ACT Score?

BleedCougarBlue2

1/24/20 10:51pm

Last I saw it was 29.

kccougar

1/24/20 10:53pm

Thanks. Does BYU post this somewhere on the school's website?

BleedCougarBlue2

1/24/20 10:56pm

What does 4.0 due to accelerated classes mean?

kotacoug

1/24/20 10:53pm

He said over 4.0. Some high schools use a scale that awards an extra point (5.0 for an A) in honors classes.

kccougar

1/24/20 10:55pm

That doesn’t mean anything to BYU though right? Isn’t thst

kotacoug

1/24/20 10:56pm

Correct

puntersarepeople

1/24/20 10:57pm

Correct. There is a section on the application that asks candidates to list AP/IB classes

kccougar

1/24/20 10:58pm

So if you have "over" a 4.0 they look at it just as a "4.0"?

BleedCougarBlue2

1/24/20 10:58pm

I'm sure they have a metric to consider the rigor of the classes taken but it is technically separate

kccougar

1/24/20 11:06pm

Kind of. My senior daughter's weighted 4.6 is a 4.0 in BYU's eyes

unctoothman

1/24/20 11:06pm

That’s crazy. That means that 70% of her classes were weighted classes.

BYUCLA

1/25/20 12:05am

AP and honors were weighted. Honors could get a 4.5, AP a 5.0

unctoothman

1/25/20 12:16am

Yes they don’t put any weight on classes. Whatever the score fore

kotacoug

1/24/20 11:08pm

only if it's all As. You can have a 4.5 weighted and a 3.8 unweighted

Pedant

1/24/20 11:08pm

No that’s not correct.

BYUCLA

1/25/20 12:02am

Averages are 3.87 unweighted and 29.5 ACT

PJMort

1/25/20 12:10am

She should also keep in mind that BYU has changed the admission process with ACT & GPA

Soupie

1/25/20 12:46am

I believe it's 6 essays if ones for scholarship apps are included. Unfortunately,

unctoothman

1/25/20 7:01am

Also a bad way to go about constructing an incoming class that has more

unctoothman

1/25/20 7:51am

Why would it bias against thise with lower incomes/education? Genuinely curious

All-around BYU

1/25/20 9:31am

I’m sorry. Your contention is that ACT is less biased against low SES than essay

byu-binx

1/25/20 4:30pm

ACT is absolutely biased against low SES as well. That's not at all my argument.

unctoothman

1/26/20 11:51am

👍

byu-binx

1/26/20 12:05pm

Lots of pressure on kids who want BYU

NorthwestCoug

1/25/20 2:44am

BYU has a 50% acceptance rate and is about the 80th ranked school in the country. The pressure to get into BYU is

HarlemCoug

1/25/20 5:07pm

I think the pressure to get into BYU might be greater.

BYUCLA

1/25/20 5:34pm

Getting into BYU is a layup compared to getting into an IVY. And... BYU-I accepts nearly 100% of applicants.

HarlemCoug

1/25/20 5:40pm

True, but I wasn’t saying BYU is harder to get into.

BYUCLA

1/25/20 6:37pm

Archaea

1/25/20 6:36am

Been 10 years but I got in with a 26. Supposedly easier if from out of state

Powerbait DPM studnt

1/25/20 7:23am

That’s actually a myth. I talked with the BYU rep and he said a

Freeloader

1/25/20 8:26am

It used to be true. They got one more point.

Baron

1/25/20 8:35am

Bummer. We're not from Utah.

BleedCougarBlue2

1/25/20 1:44pm

Those are just percentages. I would never discourage someone from applying

Freeloader

1/25/20 2:49pm

Oh, my daughter will definitely apply. You can't get what you don't ask for.

BleedCougarBlue2

1/25/20 10:57pm

Many thanks to everyone who replied. Very helpful and thanks, again!

BleedCougarBlue2

1/26/20 9:09pm

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