<p>Timing never seems to bother me- I don’t even bother having checkpoints or a clock anymore lol. Just english screws me over hardcore >_< Imma be so mad if I don’t at least hit 34 haha</p>
<p>It’s odd that I’m excited to see my scores…but at the same time, with this BLEGH June ACT, the scores are probably going to put me in a bad mood the whole day (checking them when I wake up for work tomorrow). :(</p>
<p>1925 Ronan: First of all, I think your son sounds fantastic. 3.6 or 3.7 is stellar. Beyond that is superstellar, and his test scores are certainly super-stellar.</p>
<p>Perhaps you want to remind him that his GPA could be the difference between having to borrow money to pay for college, or getting out of college debt-free. You can show him the qualifications for merit scholarships at some schools, and the difference between financial aid packages at Hahvahd, Yale and Princeton and those at the less well-endowed schools. </p>
<p>Overall, I wouldn’t pressure him too much - he’s doing very well.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that the top schools rank each applicant half on academics and half on non-academics. Lots of kids with weak non-academic records and perfect academic records get turned down - in fact, Harvard Yale and Princeton will turn most of these kids down.</p>
<p>The easiest ticket into an Ivy school, Little 3 school or equivalent is getting onto the coach’s recruitment list for his sport. The coach has a limited number of slots, and to get in, athletes do not have to have academic credentials that are as high as kids in the regular applicant pool. If he’s a captain of a sport as a junior, he could be capable of playing in college. If this is what he wants to do, he should talk to his coach after next season, ask him what NCAA division he is capable of playing at, and what he needs to do (summer camps, AAU, etc.) in addition to playing at his school that he should do to attract the attention of college coaches.</p>
<p>Just for perspective, and I realize that I graduated in the early 1980’s during the Pleistocene era, but I got into Princeton with a class rank of 34 out of 520 and a 3.45 average (there was no weighting in those days). My test scores were good (720V, 760M converted to today’s scale), and I took the hardest courses available at my high school. I didn’t work that hard, though. I rarely studied for exams and did my homework while watching TV.</p>
<p>However, I spent an incredible amount of time learning how to kick a football, and got good enough at that to get on the coach’s lists at Dartmouth and Princeton.</p>
<p>If he’s recruitable athletically, his academic credentials will make coaches drool. They have a tough time finding kids who can perform athletically that they can also get past admissions. Thei is not limited to schools like Notre Dame and USC. This happens at all three NCAA divisions. Williams and Amherst recruit agggressively, as do the Ivies.</p>
<p>Are we pretty much in unison with the fact that the June ACT made the ACT tests in the RED BOOK seem like a joke?</p>
<p>I was constantly getting 36’s in the RED BOOK, but I don’t feel a 36 coming my way at 1AM.</p>
<p>I usually scored around 33-35 on practice tests, but after taking this ACT I’d be happy with just a 31. This was way harder than any of the 6 practice tests I’ve taken. Usually math would be my highest subject, but this time, it’s probably my lowest. When I left the test center after taking this I seriously felt like I under-performed. The first ACT I’ve taken and it happens to be a lot harder than normal, great. Oh well there’s always next time I guess.</p>
<p>I agree with that, StandfordCS.</p>
<p>Nathan, your experience = probly the same as mine. on the practice tests i took, id score perfectly on math w/o double checking, but this test, i was rushing like crazy, and probly made a lot of mistakes. D: </p>
<p>if i don’t do well (get like a 31 for example) on this test, but have a 2200+ sat score (retaking it so big possibility of it going highter) should i retake the act? xD i really don’t want to…</p>
<p>I didn’t think it was that hard, easier than the Kaplan tests. I shouldn’t have taken the ACT Prep classes at my high school. It didn’t teach me ****.</p>
<p>@chococat
In my opinion you’re fine at the moment… but I’m not an expert at this stuff ha. 2200 is really good. But you should still retake both because there’s always a chance of scoring higher.</p>
<p>@ nathan: i might just not send my act score to any colleges and just send my sat one xD.</p>
<p>@chococat
Lol nice. Are you staying up today for your scores?</p>
<p>no…im just gonna wake up tomorrow and find out. =/</p>
<p>Why the hell did ACT make this ACT so damn difficult? Damn bastards.</p>
<p>I nearly cried during the test. :(</p>
<p>And I NEVER cry; I lost both my parents and I have NEVER cried.</p>
<p>@Stanford
Exactly what I was thinking…</p>
<p>What if this ACT has a harsh curve?</p>
<p>Your score can actually be curved?</p>
<p>I hate that I’m just praying I don’t get less than last time i took it.
This time, I stupidly tried out a new strategy on reading that left me short on time in the last section.</p>
<p>I’ll be praying right along with you @StanfordCS that this doesn’t have a harsh curve.</p>
<p>ohmygoodness! i wish they would just post the scores already!!</p>
<p>@Stanford I bet you that you got at least a 35.
here come the overachievers</p>
<p>I think it’s more likely there’s a lenient curve (rather than a harsh one). It sounds like the vast majority of people thought it was difficult!</p>