How scores are viewed

amb3r
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:58:39 +0000

Well, the fact that your English grades and recommendation are strong only confirms what your ACT shows adcoms - that you’re better at English than at math/science. If you had said you had strong recs and school grades at math, that might help to counterbalance slightly weaker math/sci scores on your ACT. A lot of students are a little uneven - better at the languages than at sciences, or vice versa, so I wouldn’t worry too much. A 32 probably passes muster for Penn and Columbia. How unlucky of you to be one question away from a 33 both testings btw, your 1st and 2nd scores almost didn’t change at all, so at least you’re pretty consistent :)