ACT Score Reporting Dilemma

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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I just received my ACT scores from the October test date, and am not very pleased with my performance. My scores in most of the subsections dropped from those of my September test (detailed below). To be fair, I was recovering from food poisoning the day of the exam, so I wasn't expecting to have increased my score. I am a senior and some of the top schools on my list require me to submit all my ACT scores, and I am worried that the drop in my score will reflect poorly on my application.
Do you think that this will have a negative effect the outcome of my admission decision? Should I still apply to those schools?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

<p>September scores:
Composite: 34
English: 35
Math: 31
Reading: 34
Science: 35
Writing: 9</p>

<p>October scores:
Composite: 32
English: 34
Math: 29
Reading: 36
Science: 25
Writing: 10</p>

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<p>*My October Science Score was actually a 28, not a 25…
Also, to clarify, the reason I decided to retake the ACT in October was because during the September test my calculator malfunctioned, so I ran out of time during the math section; I thought that I could do better on the October Math section, but that was clearly not the case.</p>

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<p>bump</p>