<p>I just took act, screwed up on it. Couldn't be more mad.
34 math.........good
34 writing......good
26 english.......ok
26 science ....WTFFFFF........i usually get 32+ on science...thats a 32 overall</p>
<p>SAT: 1340</p>
<p>If I'm applying to schools like gatech where the act range is 26-30 but the sat range is 1240-1440, will they forget about my low sat and consider the act really good? Or will they just think of it like a 1340 as it is in the conversion charts. Please help me out guys, thank you.</p>
<p>I do have to say that sending ACT scores is harder than sending SAT, so I like SAT better. Anyways, I think that most people take either just SAT or ACT and SAT. Since they probably only consider the "higher" of the two, you don't have many people that 1.) took the ACT at all and 2.) scored higher on the ACT so you get a lower mid 50% range.</p>
<p>If you have time I would definitely recommend retaking the ACTs. You could easily get a 34+ from the looks of it. You're doing fine in writing/math, but it must be the time constrants of the reading/science that are tripping you up. Just do a few more practice science/reading to get a better feel for them.</p>
<p>For GTech be aware of the following: it does not consider at all your science, reading, or composite score from the ACT. It considers only the English and Math (Rose Hulman does the same). The problem I am having is that you don't list the sections correctly (there is an English and Reading section, not an English and writing section). If the writing section you are referring to is the section where you had to choose the correct word, phrase or punctuation, then that would be the English section and your GTech Act would be 34 math 34 English, making it very high. In any event, you should just submit both scores because both your ACT and SAT are good for GTech and it will rely on the one it deems to be the higher. If your GPA is high, you have a good chance of admission.</p>
<p>I had a similar experience - I just sent my ACT scores, left out my SAT scores. I didn't think that sending my ACT scores was hard at all - you type in your credit card number and press send.
Science is tricky - the first time I took it, I got a 34 on that section, the second time I got a 29, and I improved in all my other sections. There's not much reviewing you can do with the science since it's all really easy, it just depends on the test - the time necessitated by each test varies, it seems.</p>
<p>the thing about the act is the time limit. Just practice on reading quicker. Gather all the act prep tests you can and buy a prep book also and practice the tricks and try speeding up your reading time.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice guys. About my scores, yeah sorry there is no writing section I meant to say 34 math 34 english 26 reading 26 science. So, what you mean to say, drusba is that my act for gatech will be 34 and they wont even look at the others? That would be like a 1500! Do you know if any of the following schools only look at the english and math of the act?
Cornell Un.
University of Michigan- Ann Harbor
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin(i currently live in austin)
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Purdue University</p>
<p>"So, what you mean to say, drusba is that my act for gatech will be 34 and they wont even look at the others?"</p>
<p>That is correct. GTech for the SAT looks at the subscores (math and verbal)separately when determining admission . They have a system to convert ACT to SAT so they can evaluate everybody on the same basis. But it is designed to have two scores to match with the math and verbal of the SAT and so they use the math and English of the ACT. All the others you list consider the entire ACT and particularly composite.</p>