35 ACT- stupid science

leapinglizards
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:00:57 +0000

so I took the April ACT and got a 35. While not bad for my first crack at it, I got 36’s on math, reading, and English but due to a stupid timing issue and general stupidity on my part I ended up leaving 3 or 4 questions blank on science and got a 33. (I didn’t realize that those last 5 minutes would fly by so quickly and circled the answers to the last 7 or so questions in my test booklet before beginning to slowly fill in the bubbles, and ran out of time with 3/4 left to fill).

I realize that a 35 is great, but I can’t help but want to retake and go for that perfect 36 composite, especially since I got 36’s on all the science practice tests I took, and science is my strength. My one doubt is that, while math and science are typically a breeze for me, reading and English are iffy for me and I was probably pretty lucky to get 36’s on those parts.

If you were in my position, would you retake and go for the 36 science (not so much because it would make a huge difference to colleges but more for personal satisfaction) at the risk of getting lower reading/English scores? (You can tell this is bothering me quite a bit since I’m still debating over this issue almost 3 months after getting my scores back!)

Another slightly unrelated question: can one retake the ACT without writing and still have it superscore with test results when they did take the writing part?

Any input would be greatly appreciated! :)