ACT 33 - chasing higher score or being done?

BKSquared
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:20:11 +0000

Not all schools require you to send all ACT scores. You just need to research school by school. We prepared a chart on excel that had every school D and S were interested in and charted: due dates, Common App or not Common App, test requirements (all/select/superscore, w/wo writing, SAT2’s, dates for EA/ED and RD purposes), LoR requirements, supplemental essay topics, ACT/SAT ranges and the probability of acceptance based on Parchment. It took some time, but we had 1 place to go to in terms of dates and requirements. As an aside, charting the essays was very useful as you can then see how many themes your kid needs to consider and how to best time manage the school specific supplements.

I think a 34+ is a relatively important break point as that is where the applicant is safely in the top 50% of admitted applicants for almost all schools and maybe a break point for merit aid. It sounds like math may be a relatively easy sub-score to improve upon since it sounds like she has not learned some concepts which are tested, so I think it is definitely worth a shot.