<p>Hello, I took the ACT in April without studying and scored a 33 (E: 36, R: 33, M:32, S: 30, W: 8) and took it again in October without studying (stupid of me) and scored a 32 (E: 34, R: 35, M: 30, S: 27, W: 7). I did a very poor job timing the math and science sections, and I don't know what happened with my essay.. </p>
<p>Anyway, for selective schools (Duke, Brown, ND, ect.) that do not require all scores, should I send in both, or just the higher? I know these schools do not superscore, but some of them (Duke, for example) say they will be "sensitive" to individual subscores. Would I benefit enough from that 35 reading on the second time to negate the negative effects of the lower composite? </p>
<p>Right now I'm thinking I should send just the April one, as retaking a test to do worse can't look good on an application, but let me know what you think.</p>