Urgent Question: Should I Take the December ACT this Late into the Game?

Test Preparation
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<p>I have taken the SAT multiple times with a superscore of 2020, but have never taken the ACT and SAT Subject Tests before. I am an IB Diploma candidate with a 4.35/4.00 WGPA, high class rank in a competitive public school, unusual talent in the arts, and hold many national/state honors and leadership roles. I applied SCEA to Harvard but will be applying to other competitive schools for regular decision. </p>

<p>My question is, should I bother to sign up for the December ACT (with writing)? If I did take the ACT, it would allow me to apply to Yale/Yale-NUS and possibly a few other schools I am interested in. Also, I would be able to send my ACT score to the regular decision schools after receiving it, if I am not mistaken. </p>

<p>Thanks! </p>

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<p>Oh, and I do not plan on taking any SAT II’s because all of the colleges I am applying to (other than Harvard, even though it highly recommends them) do not require them. </p>

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<p>Your score is in the bottom quartile for H & Y, so unless you have something else really big on your resume, your chances of admission are really low. </p>

<p>But to answer your question, take a practice test (or two) at home and see how you do. A 32+ would work wonders for applications to highly selective schools. </p>