<p>I took the ACT 4 times and it says on their website that taking tests shouldn't become an extracurricular... honestly it wasn't and i didn't study for any test, but that's besides the point. that would be 48 dollars to send all of then and my reading section on my first test is in the mid twenties but i ended up with a 35 composite on my final test... should i send the first test because I know it will hurt my chances</p>
<p>has anyone here ever withheld scores and got in??</p>
<p>this also applies to submitting SAT IIs with an ACT score… it doesn’t say if u can use score choice here. i emailed the admissions office with a bunch of other questions and they straight up ignored that question…</p>
<p>If you took all four sittings of the ACT while in high school, Duke requires all four if you are submitting ACT and not SAT. </p>
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<p>@fnl012: As my friend SomeOldGuy indicates, you have NO choice; Duke REQUIRES applicants to submit ALL ACT results, from examinations taken during high school. And you don’t want even to consider intentionally withholding mandatory information; your full ACT record my be listed on your transcript (true in many school districts), your GC may reference it your recommendation, and the ACT may provide it to Duke as part of your entire record. In RD this year, Duke will admit probably 8 (perhaps 7) percent of the applicants. What result do you think you’ll receive if there’s even a hint of admissions fraud?</p>
<p>@top tier I know duke says it will admit 5-10% of deferred students from ED in the regular round. So therefore will we be compared to just the other deferred students and chosen from there or are we compared to the RD students and just chosen and whatever percent of deferred students gets in gets in?</p>
<p>@Hersheybar315: All RD applicants (including those deferred from ED) will be compared. </p>
<p>Thank you @toptier </p>
<p>You must submit ALL 4 sittings… this is not optional. I would not risk it as they might have a way to find out without you sending and that will make it worse. </p>
<p>I have a problem regarding sending in test scores. I am an deferred Early Decision applicant. I originally sent in ACT, but no SAT scores. Although I had taken the SAT Subject Tests, I didn’t send them in because I did poorly on one and didn’t want that score to negatively affect my application. I thought this was allowed because as the Duke website states: </p>
<p>“Duke requires that students send their full testing record for either ACT or SAT and SAT Subject exams taken in high school.” (I chose the ACT route)</p>
<p>Now, because I was deferred, I want to take more SAT Subject Tests in January to enhance my application, but I’m not sure if I should send in my old scores to to make my SAT testing record “complete” or if this would look bad that I didn’t send them in originally.</p>
<p>@Bee07: You were entirely correct to provide only your full ACT results (including writing) to Duke, for ED evaluation. That clearly complies with Duke’s policies (<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/application/instructions#general_instructions”>Apply - Duke Undergraduate Admissions). However, my reading of the foregoing – mandatory – instruction is, if you opt to submit any SAT score, you MUST then send ALL your SAT examination results (Is and IIs) to Duke. But, I could be wrong. Therefore, I suggest you call (or e-mail) Undergraduate Admissions, explain that you’ve carefully read the instructions, but you still have a question. I suspect they’ll verify what I’ve indicated, but maybe not.</p>
<p>I truly wish you good luck in RD.</p>
<p>@Bee007: If you take SAT in Jan, you should comply with Duke requirement and send them all. But I believe Duke would consider your higher scores. </p>
<p>@CaptainAl is correct. PLEASE READ the following, extensive explanation of Duke’s standardized test requirements and polices. It clearly specifies what applicants must do – and can do – and it plainly indicates that Duke will use your best ACT and/or SAT results. Every candidate, however, MUST provide his complete ACT and/or SAT testing record, for all examinations taken during high school. This should unambiguously answer ALL questions.</p>
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<p>@TopTier @CaptainAL @Mom1966 … u can erase old ACT scores from ur account through <a href=“http://www.actstudent.org/faq/delete.html”>http://www.actstudent.org/faq/delete.html</a></p>
<p>I would advise you against loopholes here. So, great you delete the ACT score, if Duke were to go to the ACT service they could show that on xx date you requested to delete a score. I don’t see how this helps your cause… Duke and the rest the elite specifically tell you over and over and over again, that they take the highest. Don’t try and game this, the upside is low.</p>
<p>@fnl012 (re #12): Wow, this would clearly constitute serious admissions/academic fraud in a Duke application, since the university’s mandatory policies (see post #9) REQUIRE every applicant to: (a) provide ALL ACT results, from (b) ALL examinations taken during high school. In addition to being blatantly unethical and dishonest, to do so might be catastrophically stupid (Duke will unquestionably and instantaneously deny any applicant who knowingly cheats in the admissions process); many high school transcripts include standardized test results, GCs refer to them in recommendations, and sometime universities receive ALL results from providing agencies (not just the ones desired by the student).</p>
The requirement to submit all scores appears to me to have changed this year. Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t see the same language as in years past.
^Yes, Duke’s policy has changed. They now allow “score choice.”