How will colleges evaluate my ACT scores?

Test Preparation
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<p>Today, I was awfully disappointed with the results of my ACT scores mainly for how unbalanced my subscores were. </p>

<p>W: 34
R: 31
M: 28
S: 23
Composite: 29</p>

<p>It is quite obvious that I bombed the science section. For some reason, I ran out of time faster than usual and found the science section to be a bit more difficult that usual. However, I did get a 27 on the science section the first time I took the ACT in December. My question is: Do most colleges look at just your composite score or do they look closely at your subscores? Also, would it be better to send in both tests (I got a 27 composite in December) or just risk sending in an ACT test with the horrible science score of 23. By the way, science is a subject I may be interested in pursuing in college... do colleges really care about how well you do on the ACT science section? I am taking the AP Bio test and the SAT II Bio this coming month and plan on doing well in those... I have an unweighted GPA of 3.9 and I am 1/4 hispanic. </p>

<p>By the way, I would love to get into schools such as Trinity, Connecticut College, Middlebury, Vassar, Duke, Kenyon, Emory, Tufts</p>

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<p>You need to look up these schools on the list of superscoring ACT (just google for it). There are not many schools on it though. You should also find out which schools require all scores. Most schools would look at both the composite score and section scores. The latter is more important for specific programs or majors. Obviously, science section score would be more important for science/engineering.</p>

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<p>Vassar definitely superscores.</p>