Here's what I got on this last ACT:
English:34
Math:28
Reading: 33
Science: 29
Composite:31
Hi!
As an ALO, here is what I would tell you if you were my candidate: Your ACT scores are good; they'll get you in to perhaps 90% of colleges and universities in the USA, you should be VERY proud of that! However...this is the AF Academy you're shooting for; it's a small pond with only HUGE fish and you want to swim with them. A great goal!!! However...Math and English are the two biggies and your math score isn't high enough, in my opinion. Of course that and 85 cents will get you a nice big drink at Circle K! In 21 years as an ALO I have told precisely 4 candidates to stop taking the SAT or ACT; their scores were high enough in my opinion. I would tell you to retake the ACT as often as you can afford it; focusing upon the math section. In my opinion your English score is fine, as is your reading. The science score could use some raising however put a 33-35 math score out there, and that 29 in science will be fine; again, in my opinion.
What am I getting at with this? ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS try to score the highest you can; don't settle until you're at that point that it's almost pointless...if you took the ACT in September and pulled 3X English (your 34 is always there), 35 math, 35 reading, 34 science, you'd probably have a 34ish composite. You would probably be my fifth to be told "that's fine, focus elsewhere."
When testing for any service academy, remember the immortal words of Buzz Lightyear: "Too INFINITY and BEYOND!" That's your focus!
Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83