<p>I took the ACT twice and scored the same composite both times, but my subscore went down and up with each one, so assuming I want to go to schooll to major in the sciecnes which score do I report for any school, state, or liberal arts college and why?</p>
<p>1st time around:
C-29
E-25
M-33
R-32
S-26
W-11</p>
<p>2nd time around:
C-29
E-27
M-28
R-32
S-28
W-12</p>
<p>so which would I keep most schools Im applying to use the writing for admissions.
thanks</p>
<p>most schools will allow you to superscore it(take the best of each section combined), giving you a 30, but if you were to choose just one, I’d choose the second since the ACT is looked at wholistically, besides the essay, and the two tests look identical to someone deciding on applicants, except the second has a higher essay. </p>
<p>The essay is used a lot more intensively to determine acceptance and placement in classes, so if you had to choose one, definitely the second one, because 1 point on your essay is much stronger than 1 point on your combined score of the other 4</p>
<p>thanks a bunch Ill deifnintely take that into consideration.
:D</p>
<p>Anyone else have any input on this one, all comments are takeninto consideration here, I just need a little more input before I make my decision. :D</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t you send both?</p>
<p>more money, plus the discrepancy in math and english scores. I kinda like my math score more in the first one, but my english is better in the second one, and none of the schools Im applying to superscore to my knowledge so it would be ratehr useless to send both.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>“most schools” do NOT superscore the ACT. Moreover, “most schools” don’t even consider the writing portion.</p>
<p>I’d recommend a retake. Otherwise, send both.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Do you have any tips for the writing section. I have not taken it yet but have seem some otherwise very, very high act scorers struggle only with that section? What was your length, tone, intro/conclusion, and vocab like and did you debate a counter argument? Also, did you state a thesis with three supporting points in your intro and conclusions and then use these three supporting points as topic sentences for you body paragraphs, or did you not do these as it would be to formulaic? Thanks.</p>
<p>user83248324 I PM’ed you the information you were seeking on how to consistently score high on the writing section.good luck. tell me how it goes.</p>
<p>aside from the formula I sent to you. I write about three pages in length. I use a lighter tone so as not to get too heavy on the reader. my intros are always creative in some way opening with a quote or attention getter. My conclusion always refers to the first opening ine and recaps all the previously stated points. I try to use a higher level of fluency rather than an above and beyond vocabulary. Become a human thesaurus, I avoid redundancy in my sentence structures at all cost. I always answer YES to the question rgardless of how I feel, its much easier to argue for something than against it. I always present the reader with the counter arguement that opposes me, but never so that its so strong it outweighs my own arguements. I do thesis, three points at the beginning under broader subjects.
ie: if the topic is graffiti in a community.
point 1) Vandalism boosts crime rates
2) Defacing of communities lessens resell values for homeowners.</p>
<p>rather than saying both those, Id group them together in the opener under a broader category.
ie: When examining the ideas revolving around grafitti in communities, there can be observed certain downfalls in the overall quality of that certain society.</p>
<p>I love to be formulaic, but the trick is not making it read like a formulaic essay. make it personable and anecdotal, not boring and lean cut. But you can never sacrifice organization for humor or creativitiy, you must find a healthy balance to score 10+ consisitently.</p>
<p>Actually, a lot of schools have started to superscore. At least all of the schools I want to go to.</p>
<p>I would send both, but if you have to choose one, choose the one with the 33 Math if you are heading in a math/science direction. The difference between 28 math and 33 is way more significant than the difference in the English score.</p>