@milgymfam Per the ACT website, scores are normally available within 2 weeks after the test date but can take up to 8 weeks. Today was the first day that scores from the June test became available. I think they continue to release scores weekly, so check back next week if your D’s score is not yet available. For April, my son didn’t get his score until 1-2 weeks after the first release date so I was pleasantly surprised this time.
My daughter took the ACT for the second time in June and we got her test scores back today. With some intensive tutoring, she went from an 18 composite to a 21. Still nowhere near the 25 she needs to get at least some scholarship aid from the public state university she wants to attend. She’s taking it again in July and probably again in the fall. It’s so frustrating because she’s a bright kid who just sucks at taking tests. I’m not sure what else we can do.
@milgymfam - Same thing here. Though I’m impatient and my daughter doesn’t realize the scores started coming out today
@Nicki20 my D has no idea either. She’s at UNC Wilmington for a ballet intensive and doesn’t even know scores come out this quickly at all. I didn’t want her thinking about it instead of what she’s doing.
S got a 26 on this month’s ACT. He does want to retake in the fall as he’s taking PreCalc at the local CC this summer, so hopefully that will help with his math score at least. He did not do any prep, so I am going to buy a practice book (suggestions welcome!) so he can work on that over the summer.
It is funny how the universities must get the scores before we can even see them on line. I received and email from UNCC saying they had received his sores and that is what made me start checking the website.
@taverngirl all the books are good, not sure which one we ended up with. My friend that tutors said just practicing the timed test is so important. Precalc should help your son too. I know my son didn’t really work the math on this test since he was concentrating on getting English and reading up.
Yeah - D20’s 2nd ACT score came in…composite of 27 (previous score was 26), but superscore is 28! She increased math from 17 to 21 and reading from 31 to 34…great considering she’s officialy diagnosed with dyscalculia math LD. Her final GPA came in though and we didn’t quite reach 3.0…she’s at 2.9. We are hopeful that the good test scores (still waiting for June SAT scores, but current superscore is 1210) will get her into her school of choice thus far – University of Mary Washington. The GPA does hurt, but if math grades of Cs and Ds were not entered into the calculation she would definitely have above a 3.0.
So - any thoughts on how/where to address low GPA/dyscalulia in college app?
@scoutmom2002 I think the general consensus is to let the guidance counselor address the dyscalculia in the LOR. I have a s20 with late diagnosed and unmedicated ADHD, and that’s pretty much the advice I’ve been given. Although I’ve been wondering if there’s any way to subtlely, as kind of an aside, include it in his essay…
S20 and I visited San Francisco State and Sonoma State this week. He liked San Francisco State but really loved Sonoma State today. We arrived late after being stuck in traffic and had to hustle to catch the tour group. S was cranky and said he had a headache, but about 10 minutes in I could see his demeanor change and he became animated and excited as the tour progressed. So Sonoma is at the top of his list right now.
We are visiting Cal State East Bay next week and then UC Merced and San Jose State in July. And then will likely visit University of Nevada, Reno right before school starts in August.
He starts his Kaplan SAT prep class on 7/1 with hopes to increase his score on the August SAT test.
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Checking back in again - S20 started his Kaplan SAT prep class today and they did a practice test as a benchmark (he got a 1010 which was 80 lower than his actual May SAT score of 1090). Not a great start but he had his wisdom teeth out on Friday and lost his calculator, so did the test today with only my basic function calculator which he said was like doing it without a calculator at all. They will take another practice test at the end of the 2 weeks to see how they have improved.
In the meantime, he has whittled his college list down to just 4 schools. Sonoma State is at the top and then San Francisco State and he is keeping Cal State East Bay on the list (we didn’t visit there yet as we had to cancel last week as my Mom was in the hospital). He has taken San Jose State off the list (too urban), as well as UC Merced because it has zero communications degree. We are visiting University of Nevada Reno on 8/1 and that is the 4th school on the list. He removed Oregon State which is where his buddies want to go because he doesn’t want to be that far from home (same goes for Humboldt State and Arizona State).
All 4 remaining schools are safeties really (even with his 1090 SAT he should be OK as his GPA is a 3.66 UW) and we can handle the finances at any of them (he may need to take the federal loans to help out). I suppose it makes the whole process a little less daunting (if a little less exciting), and it is nice to have a kid who knows what he wants. I truly think he will end up at Sonoma State - we shall see!
@thedreamydaisy I would take the Kaplan practice tests with a grain of salt. My D20 took the Kaplan prep class for ACT in the spring and her practice tests were a full four points below what she got on the actual test. I think they deliberately make the practice test harder so it looks like they really helped you improve. That seemed to be our experience at least.
But I will say that her actual score was significantly higher than the real practice tests (which were actually administered) she took prior to the Kaplan course, so we did see real improvement.
Good luck to your S.
@Dancingmom518 thanks for the info on Kaplan! His high school is sponsoring this class so it only cost us $5. We figured it was worth a shot to get his SAT score up a bit.
S20 got a 2 on his one and only AP which was AP Lang. He is a little bummed but not surprised. So no college credits for him, but I told him that’s OK and he will just need to take the English GE class wherever he ends up.
@thedreamydaisy Sorry to hear that. Taking English 101 isn’t the end of the world. My kids aren’t getting their scores until next week.
@Johnny523 you can get scores early by going to the earlyscores website. We’re in California and not supposed to have scores until Monday but I was able to see them today.
@thedreamydaisy I have no idea what that site is, but I’m really not concerned enough to worry about it. The kids got whatever they got 
@thedreamydaisy My S20 found the early results site on his own today. He got a 4 on environmental science and a 3 on English Language. The 3 doesn’t get him credit at his first choice (Arizona) but he’s taking dual enrollment English this year which will get him transfer credit for the same class so it doesn’t matter. The Environmental 4 gets him credit for a science class.
My kiddo got 2’s on all of her APs this year: Language, Statistics and APUSH. Was really hoping for 3’s on Statistics so that she could get a math credit and be done with math forever. Oh well.
@tutumom2001 sorry you’re in the “2” club also on the APs. It is disappointing when they miss by just one point (especially if they do well in the class itself). As you say, “oh well”.
My S20 found the early results site too and got 4s on both the AP tests he took (Psychology and Studio Art). I think he is a bit disappointed because he was hoping for one 5, but I am thrilled. Hoping it will be helpful for whatever school he ends up.
At my daughter’s private LAC, you can only get credit for up to 2 APs towards graduation. They are all listed on your transcript though and can be used for placement or to fill a pre-requisite in order to take a higher level class which she was able to do. But not helpful towards early graduation at all. On the other hand, my niece was able to graduate from her UC in 3.5 years due to all her AP credits.
Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear on APs and the SAT!