<p>I have 3 ACTS (32, 34, 34) currently on my transcript. My most recent ACT was a 35, and I plan to retake again in December. </p>
<p>Should I try to remove my scores from the transcript? Does it look bad (how big of a deal is it)? </p>
<p>I'm applying to schools such as Stanford, Duke, Vandy, JHU</p>
<p>Since many high schools do NOT post nationalized tests on grade transcripts, it will not look bad.</p>
<p>You're ridiculous.</p>
<p>how am I ridiculous? There is no reason for those scores to be on there. That's the tradeoff- SAT you superscore so only take it 3 times max, ACT take as much as you want and send the best sitting.</p>
<p>He says you're ridiculous for retaking a 35.</p>
<p>I second the clam that you are ridiculous. There are better things to do on a saturday...</p>
<p>ok I have a 26, 28, 29, and a 31 on my transcript....so what's the point of having the choice to send one scores if they are all on my transcript...?</p>
<p>They shouldn't be on your transcript. You can request that it be removed and they have to take it off.</p>
<p>I had already signed up for the Dec ACT before I got my scores...so why not press my luck?
Plus taking the ACT is not bad at all, SO much less stressful than SAT, if at all.</p>
<p>But SAT > ACT :"(</p>
<p>can u give me ur 32 ACT score? I'll take it. </p>
<p>And why retake a 35? That's just dumb</p>
<p>^ it's not necessarily dumb... it's a proven fact that people with 36 ACT / 2400 SAT have higher chances of getting into top tier schools for some reason</p>
<p>take princeton for example; 50% of people with 2400s are accepted</p>
<p>about 30% of those with 2350s are accepted (and a 35 equiv. is a 2340, not a 2350, so a 2340 would be about 28%-ish)</p>
<p>of course, test scores aren't all that, but a perfect score still looks impressive, especially tacked on with excellent ECs and leadership roles, etc..</p>
<p>i almost retook my 35, but i didn't; and i regret it; everyone i talked to said the october ACT was easier than the june ACT, and that's the one I got a 35 on.. and i'm almost confident i could have gotten a 36 if i retook it... but that's the past</p>
<p>if he wants to take it again, then why not? if he gets lower, then no one will have to know.. and if he gets a 36, well that's not all too bad, is it?</p>
<p>as far as the scores being on your transcript, my school does that too; those scores are UNOFFICIAL, and they won't be considered by the colleges; someone at my school a couple years back took the test 4 times and got these scores (in order) - 30, 28, 30, 34</p>
<p>so he went down and then back up to the same score (so the 2nd and third tests were useless, in effect), and then he shot up to a 34</p>
<p>where is he now? UPenn; all of those scores were on his transcript, but he only sent in that one 34 via actstudent.org</p>
<p>so that just shows that (1) the scores on the transcript shouldn't matter since they're not official and (2) higher is good (obviously)</p>
<p>You can write to ACT and ask to cancel your earlier scores. Then your high school will get a letter from ACT telling them they can't send those scores to colleges via your transcript. Of course, try just asking your school to remove them first.</p>