<p>My son took the ACT last June as a Junior. He had no test preparation and received a composite score of 22. Over the summer he took a Kaplan preparation course for six weeks which had elements of both the ACT and SAT. Before he took the ACT again in September he had private tutoring in sections of the ACT. His composite score in September was a 29. Today, he received a letter from ACT stating that because of his large score increase and similarity between his reponses and someone sitting near him, they are questioning the scores. He has the options of either retesting, cancelling the scores sent to his colleges or appealing. He will appeal and Kaplan is getting documents together to attest to his preparation. He will also submit his high school transcript as required. I am sorry for such a long posting, but can anyone out there tell me if they know anything about this? Thank you very much.</p>
<p>the other student could have cheated off of him for all we know. i've never heard of this happening before, though. just follow through with the appeal. he had a big increase but that's to be expected because of the test prep.</p>
<p>Or, they could have had similar responses because your son seems to have received a large number correct...</p>
<p>There was a student on this message board not too long ago with the same situation. Hopefully he will weigh in on this thread.</p>
<p>According to my school's career/college guidance couselor, ACT will question any student who has a jump of at least 7 points in their composite.</p>
<p>yeah b/c that's the equivalent of going from a 1550/2400 SAT to a 1950/2400. A 400 point jump (combined from all 3 sections on SAT) is a lot, but definitely not unrealistic considering the amount of studying your son did over the summer ( 6 weeks + private tutor). i dont see why you shouldnt win the appeal.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your responses. I will keep you informed.</p>
<p>The ACT is really quite silly.
When I took the ACT as a sophomore in May, I got a 27.
When I took the ACT again on October of my senior year, I got a 33.
It's close to the jump your son got but I was not questioned about my scores possibly because of the 2 year gap in between. </p>
<p>Your son did practice so obviously his score increased. I took Kaplan as well and went up 200 pts on my SAT (not as big a jump as your son but still a large increase), 6 pts on ACT. Definately appeal.</p>
<p>From what I understand, this is standard procedure for such a large jump. With your documents, you should be fine. Apparently, they believe everyone who appeals and has a plausible explanation.</p>