ACT Scores and Scholarships

Test Preparation
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<p>I'm practicing for the ACT right now that I'm going to be taking on the 10th, and I was wondering if a high school dropout like me would be looking at scholarships if I had high scores... </p>

<p>I scored a 730 or 710 average on the GED, I forget which, and scored perfect on math and reading. </p>

<p>I'm doing practice math tests right now for the ACT and need to cut my times down by 10-15 minutes but out of 3 practice tests I completed, I scored 59/60 on every one. What composite score does that translate to? I'm pretty confident I'll raise it to 60/60 consistently by the 10th, and I'm going to try and get science near there too. </p>

<p>I want to go to school for civil engineering... so I'm guessing if I can score 59/60 or 60/60 for both math and science on the ACT, I just may be looking at scholarships and a chance to go to a good school. </p>

<p>Can anybody shed some light on what I'd have to achieve on the ACT/SAT's to start looking at full paid scholarships to state schools or do you think my GED may hold me back? My transcripts for high school are horrendous by the way, D's C's and a couple of A's, so bad I wouldn't even want any colleges to glance at them.</p>

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<p>Most scholarships that are based on just statistics alone are dependent upon both SAT/ACT scores AND high school GPA. And usually these aren’t full-tuition. Full-tuition scholarships are highly competitive and are based on grades, test scores, and other things like volunteering and other ECs.</p>

<p>BTW, if you score a 60/60 on the ACT math section, that is a perfect 36. Science isn’t out of 60 though, it is out of 40.</p>