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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP- my Junior took ACTs for the first time 9/10/.

He scored perfect 36 in reading and 36 in verbal. Science and Math were both 32.  So his composite was 34.

Unlike your daughter, he's heavily into history/govt. and definitely not going into math/computer science/engineering (his lower scores).

However, his prep was on the lighter side this summer (after sophomore year) and he just started Honors Precalc this year.  He does very well in Honors Math and AP science classes (As)- though not his favorite subjects/preference.

He will likely take it again after the school year is over (next summer) and prep just science and math because with superscore, if he raised those by a point he'd have a 35.  It's crazy because when I was in HS, a 34 was the holy grail.  Test optional has driven up the Universities test averages in the past 3 years by a full point in most places.  It's a direct factor of only kids with very high scores submitting scores.

I think a 35 is fantastic and doubtful your daughter even needs to re-take it, no matter her intended major.   ACTs are different than SATs and for a long time they didn't even allow superscores (some places still don't).  The composite is really what they are looking at, so I have been told.[/quote]

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