ACT 33 - chasing higher score or being done?

MusakParent
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:40:14 +0000

So this is a junior that took the test in the spring as a sophomore or early this fall? Sure, I’d take the April or June test and focus on math prep. You can get math books JUST to practice those types of problems. Especially if she is taking higher level math this year. If she were spring or fall of senior year, I wouldn’t bother and work with what she had.

My kid got a 31 spring of sophomore with a high of 35 and a low of 28. He has naturally gone up 4 composite points every year (23 8th grade, 27 9th grade, 31 10th grade) so to my thinking there is a good chance that math score will naturally come up a bit even without much effort or prep. We test annually because we homeschool and started in middle school. I wouldn’t spend thousands on prep or go overboard, but I do think a kid in that position is likely to see that score naturally go up.

ETA - many prep companies use extra hard tests for prep. I wouldn’t assume her score was a fluke. I still think it’s worth minmal prep and a try if she wants to. If she balks, it’s fine to quit. We’ve just done very little prep year to year other than keeping up math review and seen scores go up HUGE amounts in some places in one academic year.