<p>I have taken the ACT three times and am debating whether I should send all my tests to colleges for superscoring or just my best composite. I know not all colleges superscore (where they take the best subscores from multiple tests to calculate a composite), but I know at least one of the colleges I will be applying to does. Here are my results from the three tests, subsection scores in bold are factored into the superscore:</p>
<p>04/2006
E: 35
M: 27
R: 23
S: 28
C: 28</p>
<p>09/2006
E: 32
M: 28
R: 31
S: 29
C: 30</p>
<p>10/2006
E: 34
M: 31
R: 23
S: 26
C: 29</p>
<p>Superscored composite
E: 35
M: 31
R: 31
S: 29
C: 32</p>
<p>Notice my two 23s in reading. When I scored 23 in the reading section, I was only able to get through two of the passages; with the 31, I got through three of the passages. In the October test, my only goal was to do well on the math section, and I regrettably gave up after that.</p>
<p>Do you recommend that I send just the test I did the best on, or all three to the colleges that superscore? My only concern is that the admissions officers will look down on the times I scored lower on the other tests.</p>
<p>if the school superscores, they won't care what the lower scores are.</p>
<p>at least the school treats the act and sat equally utilizing the best score from each segment and recognizes that the vast majority of kids can't last for four to five hours taking a test when they've been raised on television and keeping interest high.</p>
<p>time for a red bull!</p>
<p>I kind of think you should just send your composite of 30....but idk....</p>
<p>You superscore composite contains all of your bolds ones as well, why not send it?</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone.</p>
<p>PatrickK: One of the colleges I've already applied to that superscores only has my first two tests. So you think that I should send them my most recent one with the 31 math so they can superscore it? Do you think they will look down on the fact that I have a lower composite and my reading and science scores are lower?</p>
<p>I got my results in the mail for the October test yesterday. I got a 10 in the writing section. I am still unsure if I should send the last test to colleges for superscoring. Please, everyone, post what you think I should do.</p>
<p>call or email admissions.</p>
<p>they'll let you know what to do. don't wait.</p>
<p>The admissions say they will superscore. But I'm still not sure if I should send them just because of my poorer performance in the reading and science sections. What do you think?</p>
<p>college admissions are a business. get that thru your head. if they say they'll superscore, take them at their word. they will use that data to their advantage in creating the freshman profile.</p>
<p>I know of many kids who took the ACT 3x and submitted all. Each sitting had various highs and lows. It's a long test and many schools recognize this and that is why superscoring is slowly getting utilized by more and more schools.
They are gaming the USNWR system too.</p>
<p>Submit them all to get the higher superscore to give your profile a boost.
The score is but one small piece of the admit decision. They're not going to think less because one session's score is lower.</p>
<p>musictoad,
You bring up a really good point that most people would never think of. But the "freshman profile" doesn't necessarily reflect the scores that were used for admission (for example, it may say the middle 50% range of ACT scores for enrolled freshman is 27-32, but maybe people who got in with a 27 had higher SAT scores that were actually used for the admissions decision). If schools can "superscore" to create the freshman profile, why wouldn't they all do so, regardless of whether they superscore for admissions purposes?</p>
<p>I totally agree that if they say they will superscore, Scribner should send them all. If your lower session scores would make them think less of you, then they wouldn't superscore, would they?</p>
<p>Mrs. F--I agree. that's why I think looking for scattergrams provided over the web can help a great deal if the high school utilized isn't too big to prevent some objective judgements from being made. You can get a handle on the gpa's (weighted/unweighted) that the school likes when used in conjunction with the various sat/act combo.</p>