<p>What part of your ACT score matters to the college you apply to?? Or is it the whole score?? Because I heard it's only your English & Math score that matters.</p>
<p>It's the composite score that matters. Prestigious schools are looking for the magic 30 or above. I think science statistically is the hardest to do well on.</p>
<p>science is also the easier to do well at if you have any kind of thinking going on in your brain... it requires no background knowledge whatsoever.</p>
<p>I agree, I thought it was quite easy. I think most people have trouble on it because of how you have to manage your time well. Statistically a 32 on science is 99th percentile whereas a 32 on reading is only 96th percentile nationally.</p>
<p>LOL, I completely disagree....science is the hardest!! (26 in science here...32 in math and english and a 35 in reading)...the hardest part is getting past the science terminology and figuring out what the question is asking. I hope that colleges pay attention to math and english...according to concordance tables a 31 is a 1380 but a 32 english score is apparently equivalent to a 720 Verbal score and a 32 math is supposedly a 720 math on the SAT...1380-1440...big difference...</p>
<p>heres a related question...
I took ACT twice, first time i did really well on everything (36Read, 34math, 34eng) except science (28) so composite was a 33... after that I was lazy for 6 months, then decided i might as well retake it to bring science up... and did poorly on everything else, (cant remember scores, but lower on everytihng) except science (increased to 33)...</p>
<p>so, if you took my best average of subscores, Id have a 34, but my individual composites were 33 and 32. Will colleges look at my top subscores, or will they only see subscores from the test with a 33? Do they recombine like they do with the SAT?</p>
<p>I have researched this question and have discovered the answer is...no. Colleges count your HIGHEST COMPOSITE SCORE. This is what they report and this is the bottom line. For most people, adding subscores from individual tests usually results in them getting a composte score one higher. Your scenario is not unusual, I have the same thing. You have nothing to worry about, a 33 is a fantastic score for anywhere. However, colleges do look at your subscores if you send them or write them on the application and they will know that you have improved at science.</p>