<p>My ACT (33 x2) is much better than my GPA (91 weighted) and despite the fact that my ACT is superscored to a 34, should I send both the scores to schools to show that the 33 wasn't a fluke?</p>
<p>In the second round of ACT my composite score is actually lower by 0.9, but enough to create a superscore (my math went down from a 33 to a 30, and I want to stress that I'm not bad at math, which has been the kink in my high school transcript armor)</p>
<p>Is it worth sending it to schools that don't superscore?</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be a possibility to see that 3 point drop in math and think poorly? The only thing that improved in the second take was the writing, which went up by 1. The science went down by 1 and the math went down by 3-- the composite however did not change.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about a small drop in a section score. There are a thousand reason why you blow a test. There is only one good reason to score high.</p>
<p>You are advocating for sending the second score? All it would really do is prove that I could do it again- is that worth the extra $15? Or do AdComs not really care that you only sent them ONE standardized test score (no SAT IIs or anything)</p>
<p>Adcoms do NOT care if you only sent one score - just that you sent a score. If a school requires or recommends SAT IIs (or all scores) that is different.</p>
<p>I agree with bluebayou and here’s why: The vast majority of college’s receive an applicant’s test results electronically. A student’s ACT/SAT scores are then electronically matched with their file, often with the highest single score or super scored results recorded. In some cases, an admissions officer never sees all your scores just what has been programmed to be transferred to your file. So, it’s a complete waste of time and money to send two sets of identical ACT scores.</p>
<p>Except in all of the college application process, where we’re talking about schools that cost $60,000 a year to attend, the absolute cheapest thing you will ever encounter in the whole experience is sending in a test score for $15. It costs more in gas money to go visit the school and you’re worried about $15?</p>
<p>Perspective! </p>
<p>If there’s the slightest chance it will help, send it in. If it’s a negative, don’t send it in. If neutral - do what makes you feel better, having the score in or keeping the $15. To me, this is a coin flip and not worth the pixels we’re spending on it. But it might help someone else in a similar situation, so here goes…</p>
<p>And for schools that do not superstore the ACT, there is zero chance that it will help… (That has to be true at such colleges; otherwise they would have a superstore policy; yet, only a few top colleges superstore.)</p>
<p>Why further enrich the ACT corp?</p>
<p>edited to add: not all colleges allow ScoreChoice, so if they want to see “all” scores, you should send 'em all in.</p>
<p>Given the above, it’s a complete waste of money to send colleges a second set of ACT scores that are equivalent to the first set, as the applicant has already demonstrated they are within a college’s range. </p>
<p>In fact, I might go one step further – sending in a second set of identical test scores might actually hurt an applicant. Look at it this way: colleges understand that the SAT/ACT tests are just a one-day window into an applicant’s potential, which is why they put a higher value on a student’s transcript, as it’s a 3-year window. But, when a student sends in a second set of identical test scores it sort of confirms that a student’s “potential” on another day would be not be any higher.</p>
<p>I’ll agree that if the school doesn’t superscore, it’s likely a waste. But to think that a second 33 is somehow negative is insane. That’s just looking for things to nitpick at.</p>
<p>Let’s put it this way. As I understand the admission process, schools that have their choice of students are looking for reasons to admit you, not deny you. Once you pass the threshold of “can do the work”, which is all the test score really does, then they’re looking for reasons to say yes. (Unless you happen to have a big red flag in your file that says NO! DO NOT ADMIT!) What makes you stand out from the crowd, what would make you an interesting person to have on campus? What would give the school the best possible student body with the chance to go out and tell the world, “Here is what a graduate from Elite U. can do!”</p>
<p>It does not go “Great GPA, great rigor, great test score, wow, what ECs, never saw that before, best essay I ever read - but a second 33 on the ACT? Deny!”</p>
<p>Just because Yale believes testing is one of the least important elements does not mean that is true for all schools. There are some where scores are more important than GPA (U Nebraska, U South Carolina). </p>
<p>^^ The comment was NOT posted on Yale’s website, but posted by the College Board on the CB website, so it’s a fair assumption that the College Board is saying it’s true for all schools. (Or all private schools at least. I do agree that public universities tend to draw a line in the sand with test scores, especially as many don’t look at teacher recommendations or EC’s.)</p>
<p>A check of a school’s common data set will show those which prioritize scores over other admission factors. In many cases scores are considered very important (the highest weighting). I just put down some I KNOW where they are more highly valued than other factors you would normally think of.</p>