<p>My son has taken ACT 3 times, and SAT 2 times. His ACT went from a composite score of 28 to 29 to 30 on the ACT, yet he did better on the "subsection" of the Science on the second time around. </p>
<p>For the SAT, he had some better individual scores the first time and some better the second.</p>
<p>So, what to do for submitting? Will colleges just be annoyed that they have to sift through 5 sets of scores?</p>
<p>Not at all! Colleges actually prefer that because they can super score, meaning take the highest of each individual section on each test to give your son the highest scores. However some schools only super score the ACT composite (meaning take the highest overall number) so for that you probably just want to submit the 30. Best of luck.</p>
<p>If your SAT scores are better, just send those. Don’t waste the extra $11-15 to send them. You could get a hot meal with soda with that kind of money.</p>
<p>The more the merrier!!!</p>
<p>I think as long as the score goes up it’s probably okay. But 5 is a lot of tests. I think he’s done all he can. GL, 30 is a darn good score.</p>
<p>Because your son has had an upward trend, there shouldn’t be a problem from an admissions standpoint because they will see that he worked hard to improve his score! I think the main times when college admissions officers do not like students taking multiple tests is when the student does not improve his or her scores or they stay the same (like getting a 28 - 28 - 28 or a 28 - 27 - 26).</p>
<p>He will be fine. just send 'em in.</p>