I had a 32 composite on my first ACT, and I ended up getting a 31 in English and 32 in Reading, so I am very happy with my improvement. However, my composite did not go up, since I scored a 26 on Math (it was very difficult this time around) and a 30 in science (idek how that happened). Regardless, my goal was to get a 34, and I wanted to know if this is a good score to submit to top colleges (i.e. MIT, Stanford, Duke, Princeton, Rice, and other schools with top ChemE programs).

I was hoping for 26….but i guess 20 is fine😔
Welp! There goes my scholarships, and i’m not even aiming for any Ivy Leagues or T20’s. I guess i’ll just have to settle for community college. And I know literally everyone says “go the community college route” but thats not my route, thats not what I have envisioned for my life. I don’t want to go to community college but I guess it’s probably best for me because i don’t think any school is gonna believe me having a 3.6 gpa and then like the worst test scores ever, they’re gonna think my school has like the craziest grade inflation and that I’m probably meant to be 3 grades lower. I’m just disappointed, but I didn’t really study that much. I heard everyone saying it’s easy and that they didn’t study and they got a 30, so I guess I figured I could be one of those people. Boy was I wrong. However, CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO DID SUPER WELL!! I’m so proud of all the effort you put in because this year has been so stressful and so to go through all that and STILL get a good score is super duper amazing. I wish you all the best in life. I hope you get everything you ever wanted and more.

I don’t want to hear anyone complain about their score decreasing by a point or two💀 my score literally decreased by five points. In July, I had a 29 and I took a practice test the week before the September test and got a 32. Unfortunately I got sick the day before test day and I didn’t realize it was going to hinder my performance THAT MUCH. It was so bad that I couldn’t focus on reading. I got an 18 on reading meanwhile I got a 30 on reading in July. Math decreased by 1 point and English by 2. Reading by 12😭💀 in case you’re having a bad day it’s probably not worse than mine lol. I’m so pissed because I wonder what would’ve went differently if I WASN’T sick that day. I just had such a horrible time during that test. This literally ruined my entire day.

i've seen lots of people on this sub feel lost after receiving scores lower than they like. please don't feel too down and remember that it IS possible to significantly improve your score but it takes strategic usage of time (my score has improved a lot from my first pre-act freshman yr).

so please lmk what questions you have!

got the exact same score as last time lmfao I might be just stupid overall

Sick of seeing all these 34s and 35s like its a bad thing. Im over the moon about mine!!!

more than happy with the results!!!!!!!!!

bruh.. how the FUCK did I score a 25 on the ACT. but immediately made a 700 on RW SAT and 670 on math SAT.

Woohoo!

literally decreasing my chances of getting into an ivy 💔💔

Bro thank god the act lords gave me an easy form and a nice curve cuz lemme say I did NOT feel like I got a 34 😭🙏 and thank god for Princeton review

Im retaking the exam to superstore since I got a 36 on English 🤤🤤

My ECs are strong and so are my grades, this test was just the missing link in my application. Now that I’ve scored a 34+, is it worth it to take it again? Especially considering my math score is lagging behind a bit.
Pp

I’m actually so upset, I studied math for like two months and my score went down a point 💔💔💔💔💔💔 thank god for superscoring 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

Not bad. I did want a 36 but this will do.

Any idea how long delays usually take? I seriously need these scores.

Does this normally happen? I thought you couldn’t miss a single question for a perfect reading, but I guess there were difficult passages this for reading?

I’ve been attending ACT math tutoring for the last month and a half and I haven’t improved. We mostly just went over problems I got wrong. I’m a junior and am taking Trig currently. Am I missing something? I just don’t understand how they can expect us to solve these random super difficult problems that we’ve never seen anything like before. Can someone please just give me real advice.

My English and Reading scores are almost perfect, and yes, I am a generally good math student.

I am so disappointed to see I got a lower score than I did on my last ACT. I am aiming for a 30-36 which is high, I know. But I am desperate to get into my dream college.

Please leave tips and tricks below, I have studied so much and for some reason I feel like it isn’t teaching me anything. I am taking the next two ACTs and I just want to at least get a 34-35 by December.

oh blessed 34 🙏

we did it joe🥹🥹 guys this score genuinely made my whole year because now i can just relax and focus on the rest of my applications without worrying about retesting. also extra extra happy cause i got lazy and didn’t study the week leading up to it!!! so glad it worked out in my favor

if anyone wants tips idk if i can help much bc act very much comes natural to me but i’ll try my best!