| I have to ask...just how much better do you expect her to do than a 34 on the ACT? That is an excellent score. Just for the record...I have a kid who prepped for the SAT like a maniac. She wanted to raise her score to be more competitive for merit aid at her top choice (she got a nice package from school #2 by the way). Well even WITH good prep and time spent, her scores did not change very much (30 points total on the SAT).
As long as your daughter had a well balanced list of schools to which she applied (some safeties including financial, some matches, a reach or two) then she WILL be going to college next year.
>>D to work on a test preparation or write an essay instead of going to help out a HS fair too hard? You are right about the priority. If her priority is to help others, than why does she need go to college?>>
This particular section of your post troubles me. I think helping at the HS fair is a very worthy thing to be doing. Getting a perfect ACT score is not worth the stress of giving up other activities your daughter enjoys, particularly since a 34 is a very strong score.
I'm confused...why won't you pay for the state U? And again I ask...does she have a balanced list of schools? If so...let it go and try to enjoy the next few months. |