Going to be a long two years

Dad_II
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:52 +0000

DS went for a “free” ACT test at a local test prep school yesterday afternoon and got a respectable score - 29. I was actually surprised to learn that is at 96%.

It seems that the benefit of a test prep class is highly debatable. Unlike DD, DS seems to at least willing to open some prep books.

My question is: will the junior classes help a student getting better test scores? In other words, should be expect a high score at the end of his junior year?

Based on the experiences we learnt during DD’s application, we are much less focused on test scores this round (meaning - will not push for a 2400 or 36). DS will start running XC and he is showing a great interest in chess. We will work on getting him started with a community service project that he has an interest in.

DS is a very smart kid and we think he will be very competitive in 2010 season. However, at this time, he is at a lower starting point comparing to DD was.