<p>So apparently when you get a 36 on the ACT, the company sends you a congratulations letter with the web address of a site that contains a press release for you to send to local media about your score. Now, I've met some pretty vain people here on CC, but even then I cannot imagine anyone who would actually send out the press form. Does anyone use it for its intended purpose, and if so is it just a marketing ploy for ACT, Inc. to get free local publicity?</p>
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<p>Probably.</p>
<p>Given the articles that I’ve seen about people getting 36’s, I assume that some people do send it. I sure didn’t, though.</p>
<p>The only people I’ve sent it to is my friends so they could get a good laugh. :P</p>
<p>Yeah, it would be cocky to send out that press release. I’m just gonna keep my letter to myself. Great job, you two!
Btw, BMittman, do you go to Arcadia high?</p>
<p>Glad someone else made a topic like this… I was so confused with my letter. Mine said something like “CC: Principal/Head of (my high school)” which sort of scared me. I was afraid I was actually going to have to talk to her! Thankfully I haven’t been called in or anything, considering it’s Summer.</p>
<p>Anyways, if you decide to send it out, send the Spanish version, just to mess with people :P</p>
<p>If you live in an area where 36ers are not rare, the press may not even be interested.</p>
<p>If I got a 36 ( a long shot, I know), I would release it to the media. My school is considered pretty ghetto; I know that rich parents would be surprised and would even think “how can a kid from a ghetto school get a 36 on the ACT?”. This would really disprove the myth that a “ghetto” school is bad for your child- a myth that’s really annoying for me to listen to.</p>
<p>^It wouldn’t disprove any myth. Just because one student scores high on a standardized test, doesn’t mean the entire school could.</p>
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<p>It sends out the message though- words are the new weapons of the 21st century.</p>
<p>Besides, I’ve already changed opinions by becoming an ISEF finalist- and there’s more to come. :)</p>
Just to clarify, is this for a composite 36? Or a perfect score?
I’m certainly not sending a press release out, but having the letter could be neat.
That’s awesome - congrats! And yeah, it’s probably a marketing ploy, but there are a lot of news stories about perfect scorers, so it does happen.