Should I retake the ACT and should I send in my SAT and/or ACT?

Test Preparation
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<p>Okay, so for the SAT my scores are:
730 CR
730 M
790 W
2250 total
Math II: 780
US History: 770
I will be taking the chemistry and physics subject tests in October.
Definitely not retaking the SAT I. I've taken it twice and I'm pretty happy with my score except math, which I think is made up for by my math II score.</p>

<p>I just got my ACT results back and I got a composite of 33.
36 M
35 E
34 R
28 S
The low score in science is due to a bubbling error. I realized I bubbled in the answer to #8 into #7 etc when I reached question 30 something. So I had to go back and change all my answers which caused me to run out of time. </p>

<p>I would just submit my SAT and scrap the ACT but my ACT math is considerably better than my SAT math, which is very important since I think I'm gonna major in chemical engineering. But then again, my science score is really crappy. This is a problem for every school except Georgia Tech. Do colleges even care about the science section considering that it's mostly just reading graphs rather than actual science? Should I retake the ACT just for the science section? I really don't want to retake cause it's hella boring and expensive but I will if I need to. Why don't they give you the option to take individual subjects instead of having to pay for and retake the whole test? -______-</p>

<p>Would I be better off submitting the SAT, ACT or both?</p>

<p>Haha thanks in advance for reading my rant-question thing.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah and I got a 10 on my essay for the ACT</p>

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<p>pls respond</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>What schools do you plan to apply to? This website shows the score range of the middle 50% of enrolled students so you can see how your scores stack up: <a href=“Compare SAT Scores for Admission to Top Universities”>http://collegeapps.about.com/od/sat/a/sat-top-universities.htm&lt;/a&gt;. Some colleges will require you to send all test results.</p>

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<p>@lslmom Thanks! UC schools, USC, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Northeastern. I still need to do my research.</p>

<p>Based on those tables it’s looking like my ACT is better based on the fact that it only includes the composite, English, and math scores. It seems like the writing portion of the SAT is similar to the science section of the ACT, they’re sort of extraneous and not as heavily weighted as math + English. Not really sure if that’s right though.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Why do you think the ACT is better? <a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html&lt;/a&gt; Your SAT is the equivalent of a 34 ACT. </p>

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<p>I did better on the math and English portions of the ACT which are the more important sections. </p>

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<p>I would send them both and let the schools decide which is better.</p>

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<p>Yeah that sounds like my best option so far. </p>