<p>My son is in the Duke TIP and took the ACT this winter. He is in grade 7. He got a 19 composite with a 23 in E, 19 S, 19 R, and 16 M. Is there any way to project what his score might be in HS?</p>
<p>Thanks...</p>
<p>I don't think there is any way to project what his score will be in high school, although you can be sure it will go up. Duke TIP provides data on how all the seventh graders did in this year's talent search. Your son's composite put him at the 66th percentile for kids who tested this year (but remember, this is a select group of kids who are taking the test early). It is likely that he had not seen all the math the test covered (his lowest score-29th percentile), so I would expect that to go up significantly in the next year or two, once he's had more algebra and geometry. His English skills seem pretty strong, so if he is a reader and continues to read challenging material his other scores should also improve. If your son is not being challenged enough at school, I think he qualifies for some of Duke's distance ed programs. You might also want to look at distance courses offered by the other talent search institutions (CTD and CTY come to mind). EPGY is another.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. He does go to an excellent college prep day school. We are considering the Vanderbilt Summer Program next year. Do you know anything about it?</p>
<p>Don't know anything about the Vanderbilt summer program, but my SAT score went up 300/1600 from 6th grade to 10th grade (from a 1280/1600 to a 1580/1600). That's around 7 ACT points - so with the same increase your son would have a 26 composite sophomore year. That said, I was already in the 90th percentile for both sections for my age group.</p>
<p>There has been a thread about this before. </p>