<p>When filling out applications (common app) do you put your composite ACT score, or the subscores for the one test that you did best on? Do schools only look at your average score, or do they look at each subscore individually?</p>
<p>I think you should put down the scores for each sitting, and the schools will superscore the test results themselves. I'm sure they look at subscores, possibly even more than they do composite.</p>
<p>most schools will not superscore in fact and will look only at the COMPOSITE score</p>
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<p>Thats not true. I heard that a lot of schools care about the English and Math section the most (which would explain why some schools report the English and Math section of the ACT in their common data set)</p>
<p>I think if a school did look at the sections separately they'd at least give reading equal consideration to English, if not a lot more, since basically compared to SAT, English->SAT Writing, Reading->SAT Reading, and practically all schools look at reading equally or greater than writing. Just my opinion though.</p>
<p>More like the ACT Writing compares to the SAT Writing, not ACT English to SAT Writing. That is the whole point of the Writing in each of the tests.</p>
<p>IMO, ACT English > ACT Reading. As well as ACT Math > ACT Science.</p>
<p>You cannot tell me a 35 minute test on how quickly you can read a passage and infer which ambiguous answer the ACT writer wants you to pick can effectively display your critical reading skills. The SAT Reading is far better in that regard. As such, a 60 minute English test can and does effectively test your grammar and usage skills (regardless of how "rushed" one feels).</p>
<p>Let me guess which one you did better on...</p>
<p>I did better on Reading. Surprised?</p>