<p>I am currently a freshman and I am signed up to take the ACT next weekend. </p>
<p>I have done well on a practice test 28s, 29r, 27m, and 28e for a 28 comp</p>
<p>I plan to take the test at the end of my freshman, sophmore, and junior years.</p>
<p>Is this crazy?</p>
<p>I don't think it's necessary, but hey, whatever warms your muffins.</p>
<p>Since you've signed up, you might as well make a 36. :)</p>
<p>Doesn't sound crazy to me. Now, if you were in 6th grade, I'd have something else to say to you...</p>
<p>It's no crazier than kids who take the PSAT freshman & sophomore years & then again in their junior year. Actually, folks in the Johns Hopkins program take the SAT in 7th & 8th grades (both my kids did it).</p>
<p>Remember that the ACT measures achievement, so kids tend to do better when they've had more school, so your scores should rise each year.</p>
<p>it might be sort of much... if you take this year you really don't need to next year.
it won't hurt though...</p>
<p>I can't see how it'd hurt you, so why not just take it?
At least you'll have an idea of how well you'll do in junior year.
And the good part is if you practice enough freshman year and do really well you might be able to slack a bit on it junior year.</p>
<p>(w00t, 888th post!)</p>
<p>No, it's not crazy- it's actually pretty smart. If you're happy with your score, then your junior year you can relax or focus more on your schoolwork while your classmates are worrying about taking the SAT/ACT. And if you're not happy, you'll have plenty of time to identify your weak areas and take the test again.</p>
<p>Not a bad idea if you think you can get decent scores(seeing you practice scores, you should do alright, my practice scores were similar to my actual, except reading- got about 5 points higher on the actual one). If you get a score that you're happy with by your soph. year- hey, that's just one less thing you've got to worry about as junior and a senior!</p>
<p>The only bad thing is, if I score higher than my (senior) sister she will hate me more than she already does. She only got a 26 on hers.</p>
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<p>Haha, I took it in 6th grade, but that was for the Midwest Talent Search.</p>
<p>But I don't think it should matter too much since it's the ACT, but you should probably be more careful with the SAT, since all of your SAT scores from 9th grade and on will be reported to colleges.</p>
<p>Taking the ACT annually is not a bad thing - it will help you to at least keep an eye on your progress - and - only the score that you want submitted to colleges will be - unlike the SAT where all scores from 9th grade on are reported.</p>
<p>So go for it if you are comfortable with it :)</p>
<p>i took the SAT this year (Im a freshmen). I bombed it but i still took it :)</p>
<p>go ahead and take it. the more familiar you become with the test, the better. good luck on science.</p>
<p>If you really care about your older sister's feelings, just don't share your score with her & compete with yourself to do YOUR best instead of being concerned about how you match up against her. We all have different strengths and not everyone does a great job of standardized tests.</p>