no hard feelings

Mrs.Ferguson
Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:49:55 +0000

nobodyjay:

. . . those subjects given arent THE most important subjects, there are others as well.

Well, here’s how I think of it: ACT is a not-for-profit organization, which means there are no shareholders to pay and any money they make over operating costs has to go back into the company somewhere. For a company in ACT’s industry, I suppose that means research, and LOTS of it. I would expect that this GPA calculation is based on enormous amounts of research and statistical analysis aimed at finding the most reliable predictors of success in college–the same kind of research that goes into formulating the test itself. I would not be surprised if I learned that the “ACT GPA” is more strongly correlated with college success than actual GPAs from student transcripts.