<p>To each his own interpretation, in either case you’d be just as competitive as your in relation to your peers.</p>
<p>From the Duke website- “For students who choose to submit the ACT with writing, Duke will consider the highest composite score and highest subscores on each section, regardless of test date, but will not recalculate the composite score.”</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/apply_testing.html[/url]”>https://www.admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/apply_testing.html</a></p>