Would I Be Foolish to Put Hope In a 33 ACT Composite?

runnermlf
Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:36:28 +0000

The situation is pretty simple, I’m a well involved student in lots of extracurriculars, in hard classes, over 4.0 GPA weighted and currently have a 31 on the ACT. Junior right now, in the 4th quarter though.

I took the ACT as a sophomore over the summer before taking any Junior classes and got a 31 on it-- but I studied fairly hard for it, taking a lot of practice tests. They say you can improve your score simply by taking it a second time just due to familiarity with the test, but I’m not sure if that’ll be the case for me since my score was already conservatively high, and since I already had studied so diligently.

I live in Ohio, and today they made all the juniors take the ACT for free. I didn’t really want to take it considering I was content with my previous score but I knew I had an opportunity to improve my weaker sections. The math seemed easier than previously, and the science also seemed much less overwhelming (I think from being in AP chem-- the big words didn’t freak me out).

One of the two schools I’m looking at is Miami University Oxford, and they superscore, so I’m feeling good about the fact that my math and science (which were my weaker sections) may have gone up on this test-- but even if they didn’t, Miami’s top merit scholarship requires a 33+ ACT and they’re willing to pay from half up to full tuition, according to their website.

This got me thinking… my current scores are; Eng: 33, Read: 34, Math: 27, Sci: 30.

If I can get my math and science up as follows; Eng: 33, Read: 34, Math: 30, Sci: 33 Then I get a 32.50 – 33

.Or Eng: 33, Read: 34, Math: 29, Sci: 34. Also a 32.50 – 33

Considering all the prep I did last time, is this really even possible, or is my ability basically maxed out here? I don’t want to waste my time, and I know I’ll have to invest study time to raise these scores. Really kinda looking to hear from people with past experience that may have been in similar situations and gone for it… did it work?

All help is appreciated in advance-- Thank you!!