text: does your highest score on you act carry over? i made a 30 on the science section on my first test, but a 25 on my second. will colleges look at the 30 or 25? depends... if u gave the sat and got a good score there, don't send your act score. also, don't send your act score to your high school, or it'll go w/ your transcript. if u have to send act scores, then some colleges have the policy of looking at only the highest scores, so they may look at the 30. but then there are some colleges that look at the most recent scores (a minority of colleges have this policy), and so they will look at 25. many colleges will look at both scores and see the downward trend.  i recommend giving the sat if possible...