I got a 31 composite, and I am about to enter my Sophomore year. What score should I shoot for by the time college applications for Ivy Leagues must be sent in?
@Deferno54 Yes, the next batch will be released this Friday. Starting next week they will release a batch on Wednesdays and Fridays until everyone has their scores.
So many people are saying that the first batch of scores released to people living in urban cities rather than suburban, but I beg to differ because I live in a suburban area and a lot of my friends who took the test in the same room as I did have gotten their scores, while I have not. So the score release really is random.
Did anyone who took the June 14 Sunday test get their scores back yet??
I was all like, “If I can bring my math grade up 5 points, I got my 32.” My math grade moved just 3 points. It worked out pretty well though.
Reading: 36 (AP History will do that t’ya.)
English: 35 (I write, most of the answers kind of “popped out”/“looked right”.)
Science: 35 (Can’t explain this one at all. Went from a 26 to to 35.)
Math: 28 (25 —> 28. I cannot math. I will be taking pre-calc as a senior, take that how you will. XD)
If I were to maintain all others and hit a 32 on Math, I would have a 35. It’s my new goal. I will retake this again in September.
I studied one week in advance with the Princeton Review’s “Cracking the ACT 2015” book. I do recommend it for everyone thinking of retaking.
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@Pbobby, matching percentiles to overall tests for 2014: 7,175 people can brag as to getting that 35. Only 1,407 can honestly say they have gotten better. I understand stagnation is frustrating, believe me, but is it really that bad to be “stuck” in the ~99.7-th Percentile?
Is there any rhyme or reason as to which scores are released today vs later or is it totally random?
The next set of scires come out Friday, but if my status does not change from “registered” to “tested” today or tomorrow, then it is quite possible you will get the scores next week onwards.
@mugglemom, not sure, are there different tests like the SAT that have different curves?
Last year 1,407 people scored a 36 on the ACT. There are six test dates per year, so average it out and about 234 people scored a 36 on each one of those dates.
Of those roughly 234 students who scored a 36 on the June 15 ACT, we’ve already heard from 5 or 6 of them in this thread. Pretty funny, and pretty indicative that College Confidential is not like the real world.
Composite: 35
English: 35
Mathematics: 35
Reading: 34
Science: 35
Much better than last time, but it would have been cool to get 36 on Math again. I don’t think I will retake.
Wait, on math I got 18 17 18 but I got a 35? How?
When is Writing released?
So here’s my dilemma:
Feb. ACT
Composite: 31
English: 31
Math: 28
Reading: 34
Science: 31
June ACT
Composite: 31
English: 33
Math: 31
Reading: 34
Science: 26
Anyone who got above a 30 and is looking for ivies or top 20 has no need to raise their score. The ivies are just lotteries anyways, so someone with a 31 ACT and a 33 ACT have the same chances.
Hey, has anyone who didn’t receive their scores on the first release had their status change to tested yet?
I wanted to know will colleges superscore the ACT (particularly University of Texas), and if they don’t, should I just send both my scores anyways to show I improved in certain sections? My scores are 3 posts above
Test Date: June 2015
Test Location: National
Test Option: ACT PLUS WRITING
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My status has changed sometime within the past 12 hours.
Should I retake a 33C??
@galaxyexplorer The curve for every test is different depending on how people perform. If two many people only miss one question on the math they make it a 35 so that there are not too many 36’s compared to other tests. If the number of people who missed say 1-3 questions is not a large number then they make that a 35 and so on, the idea is that people with the same ACT score on different tests were in the same percentile as each other.
If I were to take another ACT it would be my fourth one. Does anyone know if a college like Penn would require that I submit all my scores? In other words would they know that I took four or would they think i only took one if I’m sending in the one score?