<p>I have an interesting dilemma about my ACT scores. </p>
<p>In February 2013 (my sophomore year) I got a 36 (breakdown below) on the ACT. But this last March, as a junior, I managed to get another 36! Should I send the more recent score when I apply for colleges next year? Or should I send the earlier one to show that I got the same score as a sophomore? Anyways, thanks for your help in advance!</p>
<p>Sophomore year (Feb 2013):
36 C
36 E
36 M
34 R
36 S
9 Essay</p>
<p>Junior year (March 2014):
36 C
35 E
36 M
36 R
35 S
9 Essay</p>
<p>First of all, getting a 36 on the ACT once is amazing, but twice is a phenomenal achievement. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Honestly, either one is fine. Some colleges (like the UCs and some Ivy league schools) request all your ACT scores, so you can just send in both at that time.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I have a question. Why did you take the ACT again after getting a 36? I mean, it is the highest possible score you can get Anyways, there are only a few people who can say they’ve got a 36, but even fewer who an say they did it twice. Be proud of yourself.</p>
<p>They don’t really care if you took it in sophomore or junior year. Just send whichever one or both if you want. In any case, you may still self report the higher section scores in common app.</p>
<p>Also, should I delete the ACT scores from my record before these since I have not sent anything to any colleges yet? </p>
<p>I took it once in 6th grade (30, for an advanced math program), again in 8th (34), and lastly in 10th (34 again, September 2012) before the above two scores.</p>
<p>You are worrying too much about this. Just send the entire score report. No college cares that you had to take the test for middle school placement. They will be no more impressed with two 36 scores than one. Whatever testing threshold you need to meet you have exceeded. Don’t take the SAT and focus on finding a broad range of schools where you think you could be happy.</p>
<p>Alright, sorry for sounding so whiny haha. Thanks for the clarification and advice @YaleGradandDad, I won’t worry about this anymore.</p>
<p>@billcsho For Stanford (out of the colleges I’m looking at), I’m pretty sure that they require all scores from all test dates. So I think I would have to submit all my scores. Anyway, it doesn’t matter much. Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>@jonthom99
Even for Stanford, you can submit one ACT score and self report the other ones if it is for a financial reason. Look at their website for details.
YaleGradandDad’s comment sounds like all scores included in one report disregarding the school want all scores or not.</p>
<p>When colleges say send all test scores, they generally mean all scores taken in HS - and some don’t mean freshman year either. Given two 36s and early scores that are higher than most HS seniors can achieve, I wouldn’t worry about it, just send everything.</p>
<p>And as amazing as the 36 is, it’ll take more than that to get into any given school. I know of a student this year with a 36 who was rejected by every Ivy and Top 10 national university - he depended entirely too much on that test score. He’ll be going to a great school, but it’s taken awhile for him and his parents to get their heads around the fact that a 36 wasn’t an auto-admit to anywhere he wanted to go, nor did it come with big dollar scholarships attached at the better places he did get in.</p>
Anyways, there are only a few people who can say they’ve got a 36, but even fewer who an say they did it twice. Be proud of yourself.</p>