<p>My family and I are unsure of what to do with my score predicament. I've taken the ACT three times (December, March, June), and which to send is the issue. I'm applying to some higher-level schools most likely into engineering, so Math and Science scores are the most important. I'm assuming that when applying to my reach schools (a.k.a. Ivy schools) that high English, Reading, and Writing scores would be much to my advantage. Here are my scores for the last two, because they're the only two that I will possibly send. </p>
<p>The issue I have is whether I should send the second set of scores along with the first, or should I send the first score exclusively? I don't know if a school would think my March Math score was "lucky", even though my December score was a 33, but I'm assuming that the higher English and Reading scores would help me out during admission. Is that correct?</p>
<p>In the end, please help me decide whether I should send the second score or not or at least ease my mind that the Math score wouldn't hurt me. Your help is much appreciated.</p>
<p>Your March scores look best since you have the 34’s in Math and Science and you’re applying to Engineering.</p>
<p>Are you instate for UMich and MSU? </p>
<p>Do you have a financial safety school (one that you’re certain that you have all costs paid for)?</p>
<p>Purdue will give you about $9k per year in a scholarship, but expect you to pay the rest of the $42k+ to go there. Will your family pay for that?<br>
While your test scores are good, they’re not that high for the elite schools that you’re applying to. What is your GPA and RANK??</p>
<p>In my class, I am ranked #1 and have a 4.0 UW GPA. My school doesn’t weight anything. </p>
<p>I am in-state for UMich and MSU, and I have a good chance of getting a full ride to MSU, or at least go for around $8-15k/year and that is not tough financially. </p>
<p>As for Purdue, one kid from my school, who was less qualified than myself, received about $20k/year scholarship. That would most likely not be what I’d get, but I feel that any number not given by the school is a number I can’t rely on. </p>
<p>Lastly, I know my scores aren’t spectacular for some of the schools, but they’re above average or average for EVERY school I’m applying to, which puts me in a competitive position. Although, once you get to these more elite schools, no score really looks that high because almost everyone is in that top score tier. A close friend of mine who graduated this past May is going to WashU with a 3.87 and a 31 ACT. The scores obviously don’t tell the whole story though, because I know a 4.0 and a #1 class ranking help my chances. </p>
<p>With my personal resume (scores, rank, extracurriculars, positions, recommendations, etc.), I know I’ll be very competitive at each school I apply to, and that’s about all I could ask for.</p>
<p>Math and science are not the two most important for engineering. Math and English actually are, with reading and science being third and fourth if given consideration; some engineering schools, e.g., Rose-Hulman and Gtech, ignore the science and reading sections entirely.</p>
<p>WashU superscores ACTs (uses the highest section scores from multiple tests to determine admission) and thus it is to your advantage to send both.</p>
<p>None of the schools you mention require all scores so the March score is likely the better for the others. If you add a college that requires all scores you will need to send all three. In any event, if you send more than one they will just choose what they believe is the better one for you and not hold lower scores against you. Finally, do not assume that the college will not learn of all your scores. Check with your high school for what it does with your transcript: many put all your scores on your official transcript that is sent to colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks! My school doesn’t put ACT scores on transcripts from what I’ve learned, but even if they did it wouldn’t hurt me. I’m not at all embarrassed of my previous scores. My scores would just show that I improved overall between my first test and the following. </p>