<p>Thanks Youngster! Madison is her primary hope and Stanford is her reach school. I have to say I hate the standardized test. Her ACT in no way reflects her abilities, she is a horrible test taker. When she does the practice test and doesn’t pay attention to the clock she sores over 30! But when the pressure is on she falls apart and questions everything. She knows how important the score is and just can’t get past it. It’s almost like a disability to some extent. She has studied hard all summer and retook the ACT in September and the math section was brutal! Kids were crying during and many didn’t finish. So we wait for those results now and pray. She has done every practice test/workbook we can find. She’ll try again in October.</p>
<p>This whole process is frustrating! I think how Michael Jordan didn’t make his HS varsity team until his junior year and can’t help but think how many kids are denied a chance at college because of some hiccup in their HS career.</p>
<p>Sorry about the rant! I haven’t told Kate about this post/site because if she read some of the threads she it would be heart breaking to her.</p>