<p>One problem I have with the ACT test is that I think it is very convoluted manner that would turn off a lot of test takers. I took the sample test myself, and although I did quite well on it, I found that I spent most of the time trying to figure out WHAT they were asking. In fact, I found that I could get through the questions twice as fast if I read the answers first and then read the question so I knew what they were looking for. That is no way to test. The ACT test in my opinion is more a measure of testing one’s test taking skills than it is a measure of testing one’s skills in the subjects being tested.</p>
<p>That aside, I find it disturbing that there is no upfront evaluation of the scores. For instance, they do give the score ranges of all high school students, but that doesn’t mean much since quite a few of those high school students did not go on to college. I would like to see the score ranges for college bound students, and also the estimated score ranges of students who attain a college degree.<br>
Another thing I would like to know is what would be the act score of a student who filled in random responses? In other words, if there are 100 questions, and each question had 4 choices, and the student got 25 right… one might assume that the student merely filled in the blanks without thinking at all. </p>
<p>I am quite concerned that my daughter just doesn’t care about her education and is content to just take remedial classes and become a career student. The academic advisors I have talked to seem content to have students pursue degrees for which the student has very little chance of attaining. My understanding is that only 1/3rd of college students achieve a degree, and of the 1/3rd that do, its not the degree that most of them were after. </p>
<p>Lastly, my daughter is under the impression that she will get a degree in dental hygiene in 2 years. That degree is 88 credits, of which she is enrolled in 0 credits for her first semester. She has enrolled in only 3 classes, none of which count for college credit (remedial), and total only 11 hours. Two of those classes don’t even issue a grade. Even without having to redo any classes, and becoming a full-time student, I don’t think it is conceivable that she will be done in less than 5 years. That is a problem because I very likely won’t be alive another 5 years. My daughter was adopted and I am 75 years old. My wife just died without warning from a stroke 3 months ago.</p>