<p>My 7th grade daughter just took the ACT and scored a composite of 24. (28 E, 19M, 24 R, 25 S)</p>
<p>All of you must get lives. Live life. 7th grade should be a time of kickin’ back, playing ball till the sun sets, and hanging with friends. </p>
<p>You got your whole life to worry about tests. Geesh, and i thought i was bad for thinking of studying for the MCAT a lil’ the summer before freshman year of college.</p>
<p>^^^^
ah … but you see, you don’t study for these 7th grade tests, at least my d didn’t. It was just expected of her to take the SAT as part of the gifted program she was in (and the whole Duke TIPS thing). I don’t know any 7th grader that takes them that doesn’t just do it for “fun,” essentially … something different in the school day, LOL. As with all standardized tests, she just didn’t/doesn’t sweat it, and she doesn’t study (unless you count spending an hour/AP test looking at review questions on line). </p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>exactly. They do it for fun and more fun after they get qualified for something. I kind of wish I did it when I was in 7th grade so I’d have more opportunity to have great fun.</p>
<p>7th m 650/ cr530
11th m74/ cr630/ wr700</p>
<p>7th grade 1800 11th grade 2290 first try…will probably retake</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the latest DUKE TIP percentiles…in case you’re curious how your/your child’s SAT/ACT scores compare to a larger pool of numbers…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.tip.duke.edu/talent_searches/grade_7/7GTSResultsSummary.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tip.duke.edu/talent_searches/grade_7/7GTSResultsSummary.pdf</a></p>
<p>FYI, the 2010 June 5th Scores are available by phone now (they waive the fee for 7th graders).</p>
<p>My 12-year old 7th grader raised her scores vs. January significantly:</p>
<p>M: 660 (+70)
CR: 680 (+60)
W: 720 (+90)
Total: 2060</p>
<p>Her individual M/CR scores were still not high enough to qualify for SET or CTY’s Grand Ceremony. But oddly, she would have easily qualified for TIPs Grand Ceremony.</p>
<p>The only things we did to prep this time around were to have her review the vocab in a Barron’s guide and she also read some book on strategy written by kids who had gotten 800s…that book had very good advice on time management in the test setting.</p>
<p>curious, SevenDad. Why did your daughter take the test twice? Was she trying to qualify for SET?</p>
<p>My 12 year old scored in the same range on writing and critical reading (math was not as good by a long shot) but because she’ll still be 12 next school year for most of the year, I figured if she wanted to try for SET, she could do it next year before she turns 13.</p>
<p>Back in 7th grade I got a 24 composite. 26E 16M 31R 23S</p>
<p>I took the ACT again in 10th grade and got a 31. 33E 28M 32R(only increased by 1 lol) 31S</p>
<p>As you can tell, math is my Achilles heel.</p>
<p>I got a 25 composite in the “summer” between my 6th and 7th grade year</p>
<p>Lol SevenDad, 7th graders actually prep for the SAT and take it multiple times?</p>
<p>My D took the ACT 3 times so far because it was required by the gifted and talented coordinator:</p>
<p>6th grade 24 (can’t find report for detail scores - no prep)
7th grade 29 (same as 6th grade - no prep)
8th grade 31 (35 in reading, 33 in math, 28 in English, 26 in Science - no prep)</p>
<p>She has asked to take it one more time before sophomore year, to see what she can do without prep but after taking pre-calc and honors science classes (physics & bio). This will help her decide whether she needs prep to try for a 34-36 junior year.</p>
<p>Sophomores take the PSAT at her school, so she would skip the ACT that year. Depending on how she does, we could take her to the next state over (isn’t given nearby) to take the SAT also.</p>
<p>I would like her to take the SAT Math subject tests after sophomore year, as she is interested in schools out East and they are the standard out there.</p>
<p>Yes, it sounds like a lot of testing, but honestly, it has been one morning a year so far. She doesn’t think it’s a big deal at all.</p>
<p>@shoshi: Yes, for SET. Also, I figured if she did well enough in January to qualify for state awards, why not try to go for national? Like your daughter, mine will also be 12 through 2010, so she could still qualify for SET, but the national award level goes up to 750. And that’s pretty crazy.</p>
<p>@Jersey13: Well, considering the only thing she did to prep for the January test was take one practice test…it’s not like we put her into Kaplan or something for the June one.</p>
<p>7th M: 510 CR: 450
11th M: 770 CR: 700
I suck at reading</p>
<p>7th: I took the ACT… Can’t quite remember the subscores but the composite was 23</p>
<p>10th: ACT: 35 (Science, 36;Math, 35;English, 35;Reading, 32)</p>
<p>11th: SAT: 2330 (CR: 750, M: 800, W: 780)</p>
<p>Perhaps I am testament to the statement that these early testings are statistically worthless, as people who did much better than me in 7th grade haven’t improved as much… Oh well.</p>
<p>Thank you SevenDad, my son took the SAT on the 5th of June and I thought I had to wait for the mail. I will call CB first thing Monday morning.</p>
<p>Meremom:
It is good to see your daughter took the test three times, that is what I plan on doing with my son. He just took it on the 5th. He feels the same way your daughter does, it is no big deal to take it one Saturday morning a year. Glad to hear your daughter feels the same way.</p>
<p>7th grade SAT
1720 Composite: 540 Writing, 590 Math, 590 Critical Reading</p>
<p>Current SAT (end of 10th grade):
2180 Composite: 800 Writing, 690 Math, 690 Critical Reading</p>
<p>Obviously, more rigorous classes in English and Math tremendously helped raise the score between this three-year period. Also, lots of practice tests (ten in total) helped me get familiarized with the test.</p>
<p>My 6th grade son’s scores
M 450 CR 380 W 410 1240/2400</p>
<p>I was hoping he would get a 500 on math. In comparison to the people on this board it looks like he has some work to do.</p>