Should I take the ACT for a third time?

<p>Hello everyone, thanks for reading this!</p>

<p>I will be a senior this coming year and I've been debating whether I should take it for a third time. The main reason is because I definitely feel that I can improve my score through a little practice. Here's my history:</p>

<p>April Sophomore year: 30 (29, 31, 28, 31)
February Junior year: 32 (34, 29--damn, 33, 32)</p>

<p>So any schools that superscore, it will come out to a 33 (that stupid math section, blah). Do any of these schools superscore the ACT, anyway?</p>

<p>I'm a stereotypical white male from a tiny town (about 7,700) in rural Wisconsin, so I don't exactly have any hooks, but these are the schools I've been looking into:</p>

<p>Carleton
Macalester
UW Madison
Grinnell
Beloit</p>

<p>And my super reaches: Yale and/or Dartmouth</p>

<p>Besides my weak scores I have some EC's: 4 years basketball, 3 years tennis, 4 years academic bowl (about a dozen awards), 4 years math club, 2 years of lifeguarding/teaching swimming lessons, and 2 years as an aquatic invasive species instructor. Also, I attended Badger Boys State so I was wondering whether that would be worth mentioning on my apps and/or using it as an essay topic (I had an incredible time and there are definitely some stories worth mentioning). Many reading this will laugh in comparison to the standard list of EC's and awards that are all so common on this forum, but this is who I am: I work hard in school and work and play hard on the courts. </p>

<p>So what I want to know is if it would it be advisable to take the ACT this September and pull for at least a 34 or a 35? Thanks for reading this and let me know!</p>

<p>Definitely take it. Why not? Ivies don’t superscore and, in my opinion, a 33 looks so much better than a 32. Plus, if you can get it higher that’s great. There is no downside to taking it. It’s only when it gets to 4+ times that it’s looked down upon.</p>