<p>I took the ACT back in June and got a 25. So I wasn't really aware that I didn't have to put the school code so that my school won't receive my score and put it in my transcript. At this point, I am not going to send this ACT score since I will be taking it again in Sept (and will surely get a higher score). I'm worried that colleges will see my 25 ACT in my transcript and will want the report even though I will be sending my ACT score for Sept testing. Does this really matter?</p>
<p>I don't think it should matter at all. As long as they see your new score report I don't think they'll really care about the other report. It's possible they will look at the old score on the transcript, but I doubt it will change much.</p>
<p>Most private colleges take your best scores--they make you look better and they make the college look better. Don't fret it.</p>
<p>Do you even know for a fact that your school puts scores on the transcript? And if they do, can you request that the highest score only go there?</p>
<p>But I don't think a lower score will hurt you if you do score higher with a retake. Colleges will either think that you had an off day with the earlier test or have studied and now know the material better. Either way, the more indicative score would be the higher one.</p>
<p>OP, work like a fiend to have the GC omit the poorer score from the transcript, while always remembering that you need the GC down the line. You can catch more flies with sugar than you can with salt. ;) I just have a hard time believing that between two equal candidates , both with 30's that a transcript showing that one had a 29 first try and the other a 25 wouldn't tip the scale in favor of the kid with the 29. </p>
<p>I feel the same way with discrepancies between SAT and ACT scores. I have no research to back that up but my own D's scholarships were larger at schools that only had her ACT than those that also had her (converted) 100 point lower SAT (with the school she is attending the only exception to that rule). </p>
<p>All of her schools "said" that they only considered the top scores submitted. It may have been just a coincidence or it may have been human nature.;)</p>