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Old 10-14-2012, 03:07 PM   #1
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A stupid question about ACT composite

My D's recent ACT score is 35/35/30/30. Mean is 32.5.
How to put her composite score on application form? 32? 32.5? or 33?
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Old 10-14-2012, 03:11 PM   #2
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I'd put 33. I believe that the ACT composite rounds up if you have at least a .5 mean. I don't know if this is the same for superstores though...
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Old 10-14-2012, 03:16 PM   #3
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I would like to do that. But I am not sure that is the correct way.
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Old 10-14-2012, 03:18 PM   #4
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33 I think... the free test booklet from last year says to round up.... Not completely positive, though.
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Old 10-14-2012, 03:19 PM   #5
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ACT rounds up .5 or .75.

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The Composite Score is the average of your four test scores, rounded to the nearest whole number. Fractions less than one-half are rounded down; fractions one-half or more are rounded up.
Understand Your Scores | ACT Student
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Old 10-14-2012, 05:14 PM   #6
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She was given a composite score when she got her results. That is the composite score she needs to use...
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Old 10-14-2012, 11:12 PM   #7
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From what she showed me, there is no composite score. Only 4 seperated subject scores.
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Old 10-15-2012, 12:02 AM   #8
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There's always a composite score.
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Old 10-15-2012, 12:45 PM   #9
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There's always a composite score.


--- Can some people clarify on this?
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Old 10-15-2012, 01:12 PM   #10
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Yes, ACT always gives the individual scores AND a composite score. It is on the report they send.
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Old 10-15-2012, 01:13 PM   #11
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yes - there is a composite score. Go to actstudent.org and look up her results (you will need to know the username and password from when she was signed up to take the test). The composite is on the website. But they do round up so it is a 33.
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Old 10-15-2012, 01:14 PM   #12
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And if you don't have a hard copy of that score report, you can find it online by having your daughter log into her account at actstudent.org.
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Old 10-15-2012, 01:15 PM   #13
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There's always a composite score.

See sample score report here: Understand Your Scores | Sample Student Report | ACT Student
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Old 10-15-2012, 04:37 PM   #14
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Thanks you all. I will do that.
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