<p>Please follow Lonestardad's advice- Have your son take the ACT. Do not send the score to his HS or to colleges until you see it and have him prepare a bit for the ACT by taking a practice test or two from the real ACT book.<br>
My d also did terribly on the SAT. I have read many, many threads about ACT vs SAT and I sort of began seeing a pattern. SOME kids who are into sports or performing arts seem to do alot better on the ACT. I wasn't going to chime in until I noticed that you said your kid was interested in sports management- so I assummed he may also be involved with sports. My d is also going to be majoring in sports management at SUNY Cortland.<br>
Calcruzer's comment about his baseball playing cousin who did badly on the SAT just made me add my 2 cents.
I can't give you any guarantee about the ACT score, but- I think it is definitely worth a try.</p>
<p>My d just graduated last Sunday- so I kinda made a pledge not to butt in with my opinion on any NEW threads after 6/30- So I guess I just needed to say one more time. Don't despair-- take the ACT!!</p>
<p>Also want to add for the last time. If he is interested in sports management, he should check out the National assoc of sports management website NASSM.com. The site links you up to sports management programs throughout the USA. Good luck.</p>
<p>Every one of you has been an encouragement to me. I'll suggest he take the ACT and look at the colleges mentioned. The one thing I am already doing is to remind him that SAT scores and high school performance really do not define who you are or who you will become. The stories told here perfectly illustrate that.</p>
<p>I do like the sound of honors colleges at the state U's. Will look more closely at those. I think he can bring his scores up. He IS a hard worker - set up a summer school program for himself this summer to take 2 courses so that he can take a more rigorous program his senior year, in addition to working part-time to earn $$ toward his private school tuition. I hope those kinds of choices demonstrate to colleges what a good investment he would be. :-)</p>
<p>I can second the ACT/sports comment, I play Ice Hockey and did just decent on the SAT (1210 old, 1790 new, which is about a 26 ACT). I took the ACT and came back surprised with a score of a 29 (in comparision, that's a 1300 old, 1950 new SAT, a 80/160 point improvement).</p>
<p>We just visited Texas Tech and were very surprised and impressed - by the friendliness, honor college, facilities (incredible student union, and nice rec center). Lubbock is pretty blchhh, but we expected that! We liked it much better than Texas A & M, and it will definitely be on my son's list of schools to apply to.</p>
<p>mrs. kent is the program your kids enrolled in called Karen Dillards? I went there and to to tell the truth it doesnt help unless he works VERY hard and many students fake their scores to make their parents feel good for the time being. I also live in the DFW area and im basically going through exactly what your kid is..that is why i am so interested</p>