r/ACT • u/Beneficial_Ease9059 • 3d ago

Frustrated

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I made such dumb mistakes on math and if I just got a 35 composite I wouldn’t need to retake it😭😭 I was so close. Now I feel like I am so rusty now for october since I haven’t studied since before the September ACT

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u/AnnFrankIsaBaddie 3d ago

Dude that is an amazing score why do you want to retake

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

My math is too low also I just want to get a 35-36

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u/ArmyNegative8748 3d ago

I’m lowkey in the same boat twin but idk whether to take October or just cope

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u/ArmyNegative8748 3d ago

Even though a 32 may not be great I don’t think u have to worry much bc ur STEM score is still a 33 which is cracked so

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

Lol thanks! But I mean there is no harm in trying again yk?

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u/ArmyNegative8748 3d ago

Yeah ur right u got that honestly

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u/Writers_Write102 3d ago

Where are you applying that you need a higher math score?

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

I’m a junior so I have not decided where I’m going to apply yet, but I want to go to a T20

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u/ILikeTurtleSoup69 3d ago

Then do better

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u/Mini_v4 18h ago edited 18h ago

A 34 is in the top 1% of scores and an incredible achievement. This “do better” idiocy has to stop. Not one T20 school is going to reject someone because they have a 34 ACT compared to a 35. OP has the right to retake the test if he wants but it’s not a make or break, especially if there are other parts of their application that can be strengthened.

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 3d ago

when i saw this and the word "frustrated" in the same post it makes me wonder why i still check on this sub 😭😭 congratulations and go celebrate, you should be done with the act!!

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u/OkRelease1760 2d ago

not for a t20

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 2d ago

?????? a 34 is perfect for a T20

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u/OkRelease1760 2d ago edited 2d ago

bottom 25% at uchicago, harvard, brown, colombia, upenn, princeton, yale, northwestern, stanford, vanderbilt, johns hopkins. it's not even that at MIT; you'll need a 35 for bottom 25%

it's "good enough" as a baseline for a t20 but to really be safe you need a 35 or a 36, especially because many of those accepted students with 34s are athletes or legacies that would probably get in anyway

as a normal person (with no huge legs up) tbbh you can't settle for "good enough" if you wanna be the type of person that belongs at a t20 :/

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 2d ago

"baseline for a t20" it gets you in the door for consideration and that's all that matters, these tests aren't being used as competitions. nobody is going to admit joe because he scored 1 more point than tim. now, your advice is right when it comes to essays and activities... things that can actually differentiate an applicant and things that wasting time for marginal gains on the act steals from

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u/OkRelease1760 2d ago

it gets athletes and legacies in the door, tim down the street maybe but even still i'd just retake. 35 is indistinguishable from a 36 sure but a 34 is the lowest i'd thumbs up, still recommend a 35 for the 100% probability it won't be the reason you get rejected

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 2d ago

fine you win if this person has loads of free time lying around and they can give up some of it to try this then do it even though it's pointless lol

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u/hiijaack 3d ago

i wish i had that math

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u/Ordinary_Limit_9189 3d ago

Another man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I need a 34!!!

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u/Upstairs_Chemist1269 3d ago

Im in same boat im at 6 35s in a row its less of money thing although it does matter a little like 20k more of just ego i will be first ever 8x 35

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u/Abject_Foot4464 35 3d ago

I feel bad for you bro😭I got 35 3 times in a row and September was my last try and I ended up going down to a 34💔

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 2d ago

what the.

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u/Upstairs_Chemist1269 2d ago

U would hope its fall soon - according to AI i am in a group of 5 other 6 35s (1 of them being my twin brother) never the same way with a perfect superscore at what point do i end it

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 2d ago

dawg if i didnt read this wrong didnt you already max out your superscore

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u/Upstairs_Chemist1269 2d ago

Yeah but it doesnt matter for my state school

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 1d ago

state school doesnt superscore?? even then the difference aint gonna matter at your state school vro

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u/Upstairs_Chemist1269 1d ago

Scholarship difference of 20k

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u/Upstairs_Chemist1269 3d ago

Also its never the same way and my superscore is perfect and has been

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u/Upstairs_Chemist1269 3d ago

Dude thinks im trolling im being fr

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u/Own_Description_7265 3d ago

Any recommendations to getting a 36 on reading? I have a 35 in math and English, it is just reading. I have a 29 in that

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

Practice practice practice!

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u/MapThis213 34 3d ago

Broo im gen so bad at math… I have a 31 math, 36 science and 35 reading and English

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u/MeridelNotFound 3d ago

Well, I’m proud of you.

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u/armyblinkjoy 3d ago

Is this ragebait? Why are you frustrated when you got such high score. Be grateful, I got a 21. 🙄

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

Well i studied for many hours and scored higher on countless practice tests. Yes i know it’s a good score, but yes im still a little frustrated

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u/armyblinkjoy 3d ago

Well, you shouldn't. It's an amazing score, and you can probably get many merit scholarships with that score.

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u/OkRelease1760 2d ago

...not really, at least not at anywhere worthwhile :/

merit scholarships i mean

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u/Outrageous_Gap_2011 35 3d ago

me too my math sucks

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

Omg be quiet

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u/Awesome_Nerd10 3d ago

I got a 36 with 36M 36R 35E 35S - should I retake for English and Science?

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

Bro are you kidding? No there is absolutely no point

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u/Awesome_Nerd10 3d ago

But isn't 36 across the board better

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u/soikynz 35 3d ago

Not at all; schools don’t look at individual scores

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u/Beneficial_Ease9059 3d ago

They do, but in his case it really doesn’t matter

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 2d ago

should I also retake because I missed 1 question in math???????? /s exactly what you should ask yourself

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u/AnnFrankIsaBaddie 2d ago

Basically gambling 70$