<p>I know that SAT scores for 8th graders are wiped if we don't want to keep them, but does the same apply to the ACT? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Dude, get a hobby and stop taking ACTs in 8th grade. You’ll have a heart attack before you get out of HS.</p>
<p>…or put another way there isnt much point to it. Statistically the older you are, the better your score, so why bother spending money to take a test that young ?</p>
<p>I guess you take the ACT in middle school for the talent program. I think any score before 9th grade would not be counted for college application.</p>
<p>lol i’m not taking it, it’s for my brother. it’s so he can see what it’s like before the scores actually count.</p>
<p>Why don’t you get a practice test for him to do with timed? There is no need to spend the money.</p>
<p>The 8th grade score won’t count. Taking a practice test in a simulated test environment should suffice, but maybe he should be doing some fun 8th-grade-kid stuff while he can. :)</p>
<p>Kaplan and PR offer free practice test in the beginning of summer. It is like a real test and they give you details score report.</p>
<p>I took it in 6th, 7th, and 8th, and they’re still on my online account. So no, they stay. But honestly, colleges don’t care what you got in middle school.</p>
<p>Also- why is everyone complaining about an 8th grader taking the ACT? Speaking as one myself, it’s only a bad thing if the subject’s parents are forcing him/her to.</p>
<p>I would rather laugh at those junior student not even taking one test (ACT or SAT) by now. There are many reasons for a middle schooler taking ACT.</p>
<p>Brooooo you choose which ACT scorers you wish to send to colleges. That’s why these kinds of tests are so easy, you can try a thousand times if you wish…</p>
<p>@Oboefreak- I believe that the ACT limits one to 12 tests in their lifetime. I could be wrong, but I thought I remember reading this when my son took his ACT’s.</p>
<p>Wow! I never knew this before… When was this rule made?</p>
<p>^ not sure, but I remember seeing it- could confirm it with ACT.</p>
<p>Call ac t and ask them if the 8th grade scores get wiped off</p>