@milee30, that “handbrake” worked for D1 as well… that’s why with both kids we started tours before junior year. That year is ROUGH and you need all the inspiration you can get. With D2, we hired an individual tutor who did repeated pre/post tests for the ACT prep during Junior year. Definitely made a difference in merit money. Made sure all testing was done before senior year began, but not all kids could/would do this.