I’m a senior and just took the ACT for the first time in September and scored a 31. I completely miscalculated the time during the reading section and scored a 21 !!!. Other scores : Math (36), English (35), Science (33), STEM (35). I’m scheduled to retake the ACT on October 28th. Is that too late for Tuft’s November 1st deadline or a Vassar November 15th deadline? Is it too risky for me to send the new score without me seeing it first? I don’t know if I can get another 36 in Math, so do I send my first ACT score and have it superscored…or will they see a 21 in reading and just reject me?
Most schools do not superscore ACT. Your biggest problem is the timing for taking the ACT not during the exam. It is that it ruins your ED chance.
My D17 retook the ACT in October, and got her score up from the other time she took it to be in the right range for the school she applied to ED. @coco999, don’t worry – the scores were sent in, and even though they arrived after the November 15 ED due date, a follow-up with an adcom affirmed that the NEW score was the one being used. And she was accepted into that school. Good luck!
Vassar and Tufts both superscore, and both say the Oct. 28 date is OK for ED. At least Vassar says they will only see the best score in each section.
If you feel confident you can pull at least a 30 on the reading this time, picking one school for ED and putting them down to receive the score should work out.