Did worse on my ACT retake....?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey everyone, </p>

<p>I took my first ACT in December and got a 28 without studying. (33 English, 30 Reading, 26 Science, 22 Math)
I wanted to get a 30 so I retook the test in June and dropped to a 27. (31 English, 31 Reading, 23 Science, 24 Math)</p>

<p>I can't believe I dropped this much and it's really discouraging. Does this look bad when applying to colleges?
Has any of you dropped on your retake?
Do you think I should take it a third time?
Also, my choice school is the University of Wisconsin-Madison.... do you think a 27 or 28 is good enough to get into that school?
Thanks</p>

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<p>Unless you did substantial prep before the second sitting, six months doesn’t make that much difference. There’s as much chance you’d score lower as there is that you’d score higher.</p>

<p>How it looks depends on the university and:</p>

<p>Where your scores are relative to the scores of accepted students.</p>

<p>Whether they permit score choice.</p>

<p>Here’s UW-Ms CDS:</p>

<p><a href=“http://apir.wisc.edu/publisherssurvey/CDS_2012-2013.pdf[/url]”>http://apir.wisc.edu/publisherssurvey/CDS_2012-2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>But remember that those are combined IS and OOS students.</p>