<p>Hello out there to all of you at CC. Here is my situation. I am a senior at a public high school outside of Boston, MA. I have a 2080 on my highest SAT and pretty good grades. But decided to take the ACT. So I registered, paid the late fee, and took the October test. Just got my scores online Friday morning. 33 Composite - which really surprised me. 34 Eng, 32 Math, 34 Reading and 32 Science. How the heck I scored a 32 science when I ran out of time and had to put my pencil down, left out a few questions, and completely guessed on about 10 - 15 questions is a miracle, esp. because I was only scoring 26-29 on the redbook science. After the test, I felt like I got about a 10 on science. Like others have said here, Oct. science must have been an enormous up curve because it was a pretty hard section. (Still waiting on writing - but it does not seem that important.) I was always planning on applying to BU or BC. Staying local because I love Boston, my family, and there are so many schools here. Never thought I had a shot at anything better, like Tufts, or Williams or that kind of school without legacy. My question is that I am thinking about taking the ACT again because if I can get a 34-35, that would open up a chance at so many more schools in the Boston area, like Tufts, maybe even MIT, Williams, etc. But here is my concern: Is it extremely unlikely that there will be an ACT with such a big up curve for science again?? I would hate to take the test and go down. What is your opinion? Stick with the 33 or take it again? Thanks, Jen, Brookline, Mass.</p>
<p>the curves are all relative…so there’s no such as thing as a “big” up curve for science. </p>
<p>in my opinion, this is kinda a dumb question… a 33 is a great score, i wouldn’t retake it… instead, focusing on my essays (wish i could get a 33…)</p>
<p>I agree. Yes, it does look like science had a nice curve in October, or many people just did better than they thought, because it was a time consuming section. I also scored in the 30s in science after I drew a blank and randomly guessed on about 1/2 of the questions. A lot of kids at my school who thought they bombed science wound up with a score of 30+. But even if there was a good curve, if I were you, just stick with the good SAT and ACT scores you got. By the way, Boston U and Boston Coll. are both real good schools. Just my opinion. Good luck.</p>
<p>33 won’t be the weak part of your application anywhere. It will put you in the top 50% at every university in America (except for Harvard, in which case you’d be exactly 50th percentile).</p>
<p>thanks for the advice
will probably not take it again.</p>