<p>Should I retake the ACT with this score? I'm hoping to apply to brown and dartmouth.
Composite: 33
English:30
Math: 30
Reading: 35
Science: 36
Essay:7</p>
<p>Math and English are fairly easy to raise with a lot of practice over a period of time. If you think you can do better, of course you should retake.</p>
<p>it depends–how many times have you taken them?
Did you prep alot?
With the right amount of prep, you could easily bump Math to a 36. So, then your composite, rounded, would be a 35. So, yes, you should retake only if the answers to the two prior questions were NO MORE THAN TWO TIMES, AND I PREPPED LITTLE.</p>
<p>It might help, especially because of your essay…you should increase that to a 10-12.
Also, it might be helpful to know that Brown does superscore your ACT…that way, you can keep your 36 science/35 reading (great job!!), but increase your math and english. A 33 is a solid score, which isn’t completely necessary to retake but if you know you can do better on English and math, then go for it!!</p>
<p>It may be worth it to retake if you can go up by even 1 point, if you’re applying to Ivies.</p>
<p>While a 33 is a great score for the Ivy schools, a 34 or even a 35 would, statistically speaking, exponentially increase your chances for admission.</p>
<p>Get that math up; its one of the easier sections to improve on. Improving your essay would help as well.</p>
<p>Agreed.</p>
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<p>I would most try to improve your essay score. That’s on the low side, esp. for an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>My guess is that reading the English passages was not what resulted in a lower score than the other sections, given your almost perfect Reading score. When I took the ACT, the main issue I had with the English section was the nit-picky grammar rules. If this is the case for you, it would also help tons to go over those again.</p>
<p>You should definitely retake, as some schools put more weight on the math and English sections rather than the reading and science.</p>
<p>You are lucky, however, because math and English are the easiest sections to improve on.</p>
<p>1- HOW DID YOU GET THAT SCIENCE SCORE!?!?!?
2- TELL ME YOUR SECRET!
3- that is really impressive and i agree; math and English are the most straightforward and easily developed skills. You will blow the next one away if you try.</p>
<p>4- @fresh101, what is wrong with taking these tests more than two or three times? as long as you consistently improve, wouldn’t you show a trend of improvement and help your chances further? I am very curious about this because i am a victim of testing as and apathetic sophomore and not trying on the SAT or ACT and getting low scores while wasting a test date. I am currently sitting on a 32 ACT and 2040 SAT after three tests each, but i only took one of each test (kinda)seriously because, well, I didn’t realize my dream of going to Princeton until recently. I am seriously considering taking both tests an additional time, but i’m scared away by claims like fresh101’s. I do not mean to hijack this thread OP, i just saw an opportunity to bring up the question 
So let me know about that!</p>