<p>My son is a junior in high school and took the test in feb he got a 27 he is taking it again in june to see how he does and i am enrolling him in a class for the summer where i hope to boost his score significantly. Problem, he wants to go to Yale and he is applying in november, did I wait to long?</p>
<p>PS he is retaking the test in sept when they offer it and possibly later if he still doesn't like his score but i am making him study hard all summer and he now has more knowledge so it is all lined up so he should do well but does he still have a shot to get in due to his score assuming nothing else matters if everything goes according to plan which it should</p>
<p>I dont see how you waited to long, he'll get a better score hopefully, good luck.</p>
<p>Well, I am glad that you don't think so I thought that because he is applying in November I waited a bit too long all opinions are welcome.</p>
<p>yeah you waited way to long </p>
<p>ivys are notorious for how many perfect SATS, a test that they favor over the ACT, they decline, and a significant jump for him would probably be about 5 points, leaving him with about a 32. </p>
<p>Unless he has stellar extracurricular that stands above his average score (not nationally , but at ivys) his rate of acceptance to ivys is slim to none. </p>
<p>Sorry to sound so pessimistic, but i'm trying to be realistic and save you and your son some time, and feelings. </p>
<p>It's good to strive for those schools but consider them high reaches and don't forget to apply to state and other, more accepting schools.</p>
<p>the kid's got 5 months, that won't score yale (unless you have a bundle of money), but it will do him good and probably STILL get him into that ivy league with out paying anything if he works hard enough</p>
<p>Unless he has something amazing to make him stand out from the crowd and manages to pull his scores up at LEAST 6 points... I would say there is a slim chance. Ivies are all a long shot... and unless he has strong academic record, challenging courseload, FOCUS shown through EC's, AND amazing test scores.. I wouldn't get your hopes up for the ivies. If you wanted a better shot at the Ivies you should have had him prepping sooner.</p>
<p>Well he does have a rigorous course load and he has met with alumni who are going to write him letters of wreck and money isn't much of an issue and from those 5 months he is going to spend three doing little but studying for it along with a class for it. Also he has a 4 GPA and as I mentioned he has a very rigorous course load with Honors classes and next year he will have six AP credits.</p>
<p>And, unfortunately, every applicant to the Ivy League fits that description.</p>
<p>We are getting slightly off topic I realize that everyone he is competing against fits that description which is why I am asking based solely on how he is going to tackle the ACT do you believe that he has a fair chance based on everything else I have mentioned</p>
<p>read "The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids"
let your son choose his success based on himself - who he is, rather than what he scores on a 3 hour test.</p>
<p>I dont understand what you guys mean by he has little time. He's got 2 more chances for the ACT.</p>
<p>Also, from what killersdeat said, you have a higher chance at ivies if you can pay more (full price)?</p>
<p>I read that book, "The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids"
good book it's probably the book that opened my eyes and pushed me to work harder this past year and apply for a physics research internship program and read a lot more. Great book but i don't think that the message i got was the message you were supposed to get, i understand that the book is meant to show how college fevor shapes kids lives and what they do or sometimes what their parents make them do, but it's motivational to me.
With a 27 as a junior hmmm.... i'm a junior and had that score the beginning of sophomore year but i think he has a chance of bringing it up to around a 33. Try to get him to read a lot more, that's what helped me, that along with competitive math, a great vocab site is freerice.com and a great math site is Art</a> of Problem Solving, i would suggest just to allow him to push himself intellectually in different areas.
I tried a psat class by the princeton review and honestly i thought it was a waste of time and money, but some people were able to learn something from it.
Good luck!</p>
<p>wow........ freerice.com is a very good site, helps you learn vocab words, and also gives to the poor</p>
<p>Classes are probably a waste of time and money, since they are typically focused on raising a 24 to a 28. He could self-study at home. Or, if money is no object, ask around for a ACT tutor.</p>
<p>Use his subscores to focus his study. Were they all ~27, or did he bomb one section, like science, and score a 22 on it, but the othes were ~30?</p>
<p>btw: he'll need a 33 to be near Yale's median.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Honestly, prep. book and class strategies or whatever are nonsense. You have to truly understand how the ACT works, and become really familiar with the test. Most standardized tests test your ability to take the test, not the material itself.</p>