<p>So I took the ACT last June and got a 26, last December and got a 28, and I just took the March one my school offers to Juniors and I'm feeling pretty good about it (I am PRAYING that I broke 30). What I am wondering is if I don't break 30, would it be worth it to take it again? My English teacher was saying that colleges don't like it when you take it a lot and I want to know how many times is too many?</p>
<p>If you have the time take it again. People typically improve. </p>
<p>With ACT, you decide which score to send. Only the Ivys require all tests.</p>
<p>3 times is good
4 times is OK
5 you’re kind of on thin ice
6+ you’re in the danger zone (you are either taking them for fun or scoring straight 36’s)</p>
<p>I would take the test as many times that you want to and in order to receive the score that you want. How would the schools that you apply to know how many times you have taken the test? You can opt to send out your scores to colleges after you already know your score. I think it costs 10 dollars to send the test scores out to each school. So, if you wait till you get the score that you want, and you send it out the schools you want to, it really won’t be that expensive, and the colleges would have no way to tell if that was the first ACT test you took, or the 10th.</p>
<p>I think someone should take the test as many times as they feel necessary. If you don’t like your score, then I would retake the test. Of course, make sure you try to prepare for the next test and do something positive to try to improve your score. My daughter is taking her first ACT test on April 14th. She then will take it again later in April w/her high school as part of standardized testing, but it will not have a written portion, so I am not sure if she will be able to send that particular test to colleges or not. She is also signed up for the June 9th test. Depending on how she does on the April 14th and June 9th tests, we may possibly sign her up for the September 8th test as well. Once she has all those scores, she can decide to send whatever tests she wants to the colleges that she applies to.</p>
<p>Do what you feel comfortable. Good luck to you, and I hope you break 30 on one of your tests!</p>
<p>^^ False.</p>
<p>The whole point people refrain from taking too many test is because colleges
CAN tell how many tests you have taken. Otherwise, like you said, people would take ACT tests non stop until they get 36’s. With the ACT, a with the SAT’s, I believe MOST colleges, especially the top ones, can tell how many tests you have taken and it is regarded phenomenon that taking multiple tests lowers one’s admission chances into a school. Let me know if I am wrong but I believe this is the case.</p>
<p>OT: Basically take however many tests you think you need to take but try not to go overboard and go on an act test frenzy. Good luck.</p>
<p>If you think you can do better, keep taking them. Score choice FTW</p>
<p>How are colleges able to find out how many times you have taken the test? I thought that information was confidential and that you had the right to choose which test scores to send to the schools that you apply to. Please explain. Thanks</p>
<p>I agree with LadyHam.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all of the input.</p>
<p>I’ve always been told that when you send your scores, every test score is visible, and if not that, they can at least see how many times you’ve taken it.</p>
<p>Sorry, I looked it up and the ACT is a tad different in terms of score choice. Interestingly, for the ACT, you CAN take the test as many times as you want. When you send ACT scores to colleges, you send individual scores, and not the whole history. Also, just to be safe, you can also delete your test scores for a fee. Dangg so yea unlimited tests ftw?</p>
<p>You can take it a ton of times (12 max) and just delete scores you don’t want (except for state mandated ones), but you probably won’t do any better by the third time. The time you waste could be better used doing something actually useful.</p>
<p>Basically, you’re wasting your time unless you don’t think your score represents your ability:
- all those tests were from 9th or 10th grade
- you were really sick/completely out of it during each test you took.</p>
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Highschool transcript. The scores can still be on there.</p>