<p>so i took the act and got a 36 on math, 36 on reading, 33 on writing, and a TWENTY SEVEN on science!!! i don't know *** happened, but i am so mad that the science is bringing me down so much. my composite is a 33. </p>
<p>will colleges look at teh other scores more? aren't math and reading/writing more important than looking at some stupid graphs and reading stupid paragraphs? (not that i'm bitter or anything)</p>
<p>yeah, i would like to know this too! i got a 24 on the science section:(</p>
<p>I think colleges look only at composite, but that's only what I think, not law.</p>
<p>boooooo if it weren't for that blasted science section i would have something like a 35/36</p>
<p>All colleges will look at your composite. Which subscores they place emphasis on depends on your major. If you're majoring in English, I don't think they will care too much about your Science score. However, don't think that they won't look at it and consider it in the admissions process--they just won't emphasize it as much as probably your English and Reading scores.</p>
<p>All colleges will look at your composite. Which subscores they place emphasis on depends on your major. If you're majoring in English, I don't think they will care too much about your Science score. However, don't think that they won't look at it and consider it in the admissions process--they just won't emphasize it as much as probably your English and Reading scores.</p>
<p>(This is all assuming that whichever school you're applying to knows what your major will be. In quite a few schools you don't declare your major until the end of your freshman year--or at least most students don't. These schools tend to have overarching focuses though; e.g., MIT focuses on engineering and math.)</p>
<p>and i want to go into science, but what angers me most is the science section isn't even science!! it's like, look at this graph, now answer this question. and i'm good at all that, but i don't know, i just messed up really bad. on the other times i took the test (like 2 other times) i think i got 31 on science was my highest.</p>
<p>See the detailed national report </p>
<p><a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/06/pdf/National2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.act.org/news/data/06/pdf/National2006.pdf</a> </p>
<p>page 10 (page 12 of the .PDF file) for score distributions.</p>
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<p>No the science section doesn't really count; only do it if you are really bored and want to have a low ACT score.</p>
<p>"only do it if you... want to have a low ACT score." </p>
<p>if you're going to make fun of me, you might as well do it properly.</p>
<p>How much science will "count" will depend on the college. For many colleges that rely mainly on composite, it obviously "counts" in the sense that it lowered your composite. There are also colleges that weigh the math and English scores higher than the others (this occurs with some colleges in the east that receive mostly SATs because they perceive the math and English section is more akin to the SAT math and CR sections and thus use those two ACT sections to compare to SAT scores). There are even some that use only the math and English scores and ignore composite, reading, and science -- two that do that are Gtech and Rose-Hulman, and, yes, both are tech schools that ignore the science section (colleges know that the ACT's "science" section is really not "science" and instead consists mainly of interpreting given graphs or data).</p>
<p>too bad i'm not applying to any of those :(</p>