It's here, on the very first day of my trip in search of ghost towns, that I'm informed by locals that the phrase I'm using is none too popular in the high elevations of Colorado. These may not be flush times for many of the small towns that dot mountain passes, but abandoned they are not.
Average ACT: 33. The average ACT score composite at Washington University in St. Louis is a 33. The 25th percentile ACT score is 32, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 34. In other words, a 32 places you below average, while a 34 will move you up to above average.
The Fall 2014 Freshman class of approximately 3,000 students earned admission to the university with an average SAT score of 1191 (reading and math only), ACT score of 27, and high school GPA of 4.00. 51 percent of the members of the incoming class graduated in the top 20 percent of their high school class.