GoBlue, if a kid is not one of the coach's recruits -- and doesn't have another hook -- then he probably needs a 35-ish score on the ACT, and even then no guarantees. Again, using Princeton as an example, the 25% - 75% range for ACT scores this past year was 31 - 35. But the overwhelming majority of those at the lower end, will have had some hook (e.g., recruited athlete) that enabled them to clear admissions. If you just apply as a regular student without some sort of hook, you need to be on the higher end of the range.
The 99th percentile scores for the ACT start at a score of 33. That's what I meant when I said "For 99% of kids -- including mine -- if you're not one of the coach's 7 recruits in any given year, you can't get into the school."