Freshman Scholarships vs. Transfer Scholarships?

wakeup13
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:31:51 +0000

Let me clarify. 99% of my daughter’s issues are math. Does she take her time with other tests? Yes. But she says she finishes those tests in a timely matter but always takes the time to review.

I can’t remember her English and reading scores on the ACT but they were very high as was her writing score. She finished those sections and had time to review. Her science score was so-so but had plenty of room for improvement and her math score was horrible.

She developed a math phobia at a very young age. She got to a point where she hated it, didn’t comprehend it, and thought she was horrible at it. She had true math anxiety. Unfortunately, she didn’t progress in math due to her resistance.

About 2 years ago, she realized that even if she does truly suck at it, if she wants to go to college she was going to need to get serious. And she did! She has come such a long way. Getting the highest score in her college algebra class was a huge boost and I am hopeful that energizes her. Unfortunately, she will still tell anyone that listens that math sucks, she hates it, and she isn’t great at it. But when she puts her mind to something, she can do it.

So while she may be slow at taking some tests, most of the time the slowness is just because she is going back over things that she has already completed. In math, however, it is because she still lacks confidence in the subject. I know she can do it and as long as she doesn’t freeze and convince herself that she sucks at math (based on the math section of the ACT from last time) I think she will greatly improve her score. She can’t get much lower! ;-)

I do not think she has any type of learning disability. I have another child with many problems and I have been through so much testing with him that I am pretty sure I would recognize anything that might pertain to my daughter.