Which 32 is better?

Test Preparation ACT Preparation
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<p>October ACT: English - 34; Math - 34; Reading - 29; Science - 29; Essay - 6</p>

<p>December ACT: English - 31; Math - 33; Reading - 31; Science - 32; Essay - no results yet</p>

<p>So, which 32 is better? I have a 33 if the scores are superscored, but I'd have to do some research to see which colleges superscore. Should I take it one more time and give it my all for a higher score?</p>

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<p>I would say the second—better to have scores in the same range than have a huge discrepancy between the highest (34) and the lowest (29). Hopefully you'll do better on the essay. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I think your second set too. There are only a couple of reasons to retake. If you are a Junior and have the time to study and if you really study/practice for it. It does no good just to take the test over and over again with no prep...take it from me. Get a test prep book and work through it, then go for it.</p>

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<p>Second for sure; it looks good because you've broken 30 on each.
And if junior-retake, no harm with that :)
if senior-no need</p>

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<p>Send the one with the higher writing score which will hopefully be the second one.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I hope that the writing went up. Do you guys think that the writing section is a big factor in the whole college admissions process? </p>

<p>By the way, I'm a junior, so I still have the option of taking it again. Although at this point, I'm still undecided.</p>

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<p>Right now I'd agree that the second set is preferable, although that depends on what your writing score turns out to be. If it's lower than a 6 I would then recommend sending the first set.</p>

<p>I think the influence of the writing section in admissions depends on which colleges you're looking at. For the top tier colleges I would generally say that's it's one of the more important factors within the scope of evaluating your standardized testing scores. </p>

<p>Since you're a junior I would definitely say to take it again, especially because ACT has score choice unlike the SAT. You already have great scores, but a higher essay mark would really be useful. As a senior, you might not improve your multiple choice scores all too much, but I think that after going through junior year you're more likely to do better on the writing section-maybe getting it up to the 8-10 range.</p>

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<p>Well, I just checked my writing scores, and I got an 8. I'll probably take it again in June, so that I have more time to prepare (I had a lot of school stuff to do, and the only studying that I did for the December test was the day before it, which is probably not the best idea).</p>

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<p>haha i got a 32 comp with a 6 on the essay too.</p>