<p>Hello! I am junior in high school; I am trying to get into the dual enrollment program. I have to take the Compass test and get 52 in Mathematics, 88 in Reading, and 77 in English. The closest testing center to me is at my Community College. I went and talked to one of the counselors there, He said that the scores I need to get don’t make sense. He said, there are four sections of math not just one section and 88 in Reading and 77 in English seem to be too high. I talked to my High school counselor about this he said he doesn’t know anything about this. -.- I was just wondering if anyone had to do something similar or have any tips. Thank you!</p>
<p>Who’s responsible for the dual enrollment program and setting these scores? It appears to not be your counselor, if he has no idea about this. Figure out who is in charge of this (perhaps someone on the district level?). They will be able to give you the clarification you need.</p>
<p>I did go to my school district building, they said i have to go o My counselor. My counselor just said to go to a testing center and do the test… even tho the requirement sheet makes no sense</p>
<p>I did go to my school district building, they said i have to go o My counselor. My counselor just said to go to a testing center and do the test… even tho the requirement sheet makes no sense</p>
<p>Something clearly is not adding up; they don’t have their act together on this. Is dual enrollment common at your school or in your district? If so, I’d expect they’d have a better handle on this…
Did the district tell you who is in charge of dual enrollment, or just tell you to go to your counselor with any questions about it? It might be worth going back to the district with this, if your GC doesn’t know who you should go to. If they’re being unclear or uncooperative, you might also want to get your parents involved.</p>
<p>Dual enrollment cuts are usually higher than the cuts for someone who already graduated high school would be. Our community college’s rules are: Over 20, no ACT required. HS graduate under 20, ACT is required but there’s no minimum score. HS senior dual enrollment, ACT 19. HS junior dual enrollment, ACT 20. Younger-than-junior dual enrollment, ACT 32 (99th percentile).</p>
<p>For the math, COMPASS lets you keep going until they figure out what your placement should be. GoogleWhatSchoolAreYouTalkingAbout says that the 52 probably has to be on the Algebra section, because you need to place at least into Intermediate Algebra, with lower-level courses restricted for dual enrollment students.</p>
<p>Either way the bars are pretty low and your scores will probably be high enough no matter what. Do they have an option that allows you to use an ACT or SAT score instead? I never had to take any COMPASS tests for dual enrollment because I had ACT scores.</p>
<p>They did give me the option to use the ACT scores but out ACT test is in march 2014. A lot people do this at my school but my problem is, last year we did the IOWA test. Somehow mine got lost and I never got a score for it. Now I am left with the option to take the compass test. I have done a lot of ACT practice tests before. I usually scored in 25-26 range. My only worry is the english section on the compass test. I don’t even know if the one at my community college is the same one they want for dual enrollment. My district just said they can’t help me with this, only my counselor can.</p>
<p>There’s only one COMPASS that’s used for dual enrollment. </p>
<p>Some CCs offer what’s called a “residual ACT,” which gives you scores that are only used by them. You can take it 3 or 4 times a month.</p>
<p>UPDATE: I did my compass test; My test results are 87 in Reading, 99 in English and 50 in Trig(placed in cal 1). My school district are not letting me do dual enrollment because I got 87 in reading and I needed an 88; everything else is good. Just because of that one point, they won’t let me do it. I talked to my parents and they are okay with me dropping out of High school and just go straight into college. I know I would have to take GED test. I just need some tips on this or any other ideas on how to do college while being in high school</p>