<p>Great score!</p>
<p>Very nice!
(mumbles…“beat me by a point” ;))</p>
<p>I took the ACT for the 3rd time in April and got a 33 composite. </p>
<p>English: 35
Reading: 33
Math: 28 (stupid mistake, I forgot to change my calculator to degree mode for the test for the trig problems)
Science: 35</p>
<p>Since the academy superscores, I have 35’s for english, reading, science, but only a 29 for math. Should I even bother to take it again to improve my math score? I will be at the AFA summer seminar during the June test, so the next available one would be in October.</p>
<p>The average SAT score for math is a 30, so in my opinion, if the rest of your application is pretty good (high GPA, leadership etc…) then you probably don’t need to retake it. However, it can’t hurt you to do it again. If it were me, I would retake it because I would be very unhappy with a low math score, but that’s me (and I’m a math major…)</p>
<p>I would like to take it again. I was hoping for 30+ on the math, and I feel I can do better on it. I’m just not sure if it is worth it to take the ACT again in October (I am hoping to have my application completed by September).</p>
<p>I just checked the ACT website and they are now offering a September 12, 2009 ACT in all 50 states. Last year, they only offered the September test in about 5 states. Since it is over a month earlier than the October test, I probably will retake it to improve math.</p>
<p>I’d say, complete your application in September like you planned, and then send in the new scores from October. It can’t hurt anything to update your file.</p>
<p>Hi Folks!</p>
<p>Okay…I’m going to ask a question that you all may laugh at but what is this "…the academy superscores the ACT so an “XX” score is the same as a “YYYY” SAT score?</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of that.</p>
<p>YES flieger</p>
<p>Collegeboard has an equivalent chart for the ACT to be changed over to an SAT, and vise a verse, which allows them to compare apples with apples.</p>
<p>Here’s the link
[SAT-ACT</a> Conversion chart](<a href=“http://teachers.sduhsd.net/lccounseling/SAT-ACT_Conversion_chart.htm]SAT-ACT”>http://teachers.sduhsd.net/lccounseling/SAT-ACT_Conversion_chart.htm)</p>
<p>For marciemi the 35 is equivalent to a 2340!</p>
<p>Thanks - I hadn’t seen the conversions before. My son actually took the SAT in March just for fun (no one around here takes it) and got a 2070 on it, so he’ll gladly take a 2340 conversion!</p>
<p>they do convert, but not completely. the converstion is a good “hey, look what it’s close too”. but they don’t necessarily do the exact converstion, just as an fyi.</p>
<p>Hmm…</p>
<p>I’ll have to call the USAFA/RR folks as that’s not something I’ve ever been briefed on while I’ve been an ALO. I’d be interested to know whether or not it’s something they “consider” or if they have their own values (that’s my understanding)</p>
<p>The AFA uses the “weighted composite” score and they compute that with some incredibly secret ouija board that after 26 years I’ve still not been privileged to see.</p>
<p>So my answer to ANY candidate when they say “I scored XX or YYY on the ACT/SAT…should I take it again?” is always: “If you can afford it, go ahead and do it as it can’t hurt you. If you have 800/800/800 or straight 35/36’s…then no. Otherwise…”</p>
<p>Yes, I’m a slavedriver! :-)</p>
<p>in the academic composition, the use your high school GPA, info about your high school, and your SAT/ACT. they have someway to include which ever one you took or both, i’m just saying they don’t necessarily say “oh, that 33 means he would have a 720, lets put that in”</p>
<p>the actual formula is like top secret or something. we just had a statistics case study analizing models to predict performance in Calc I using various inputs, but they wouldn’t let us know how the acComp is compsed, just what’s considered in it</p>