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Has your S decided what to do with regard to testing? I am in the group who would have him retake ACT or SAT before taking subject tests, if he decides to take any at all. If he does retake tests, adequate preparation would be good. Subject tests can be difficult and some don’t directly mirror the content from a given HS class…like lit, which is difficult analytically and poetry heavy. At the schools on your S’s list Math 2 would be strongly preferred over Math 1…I would not send a 710 Math 1 score to any of the top schools on his list.
With that said, I would probably have him not retake any tests, but rather focus on apps and getting good first semester grades. Good luck.
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Will it look good for him to retake the ACT, at least for the schools he is applying that superscore? It’s so hard to know what to suggest he do. Right know, he’s in a place where he doesn’t want to take any more tests, which I understand completely, but is there any argument in favor of retaking them other than to simply earn a higher score? I guess what I’m asking is, does it look bad if he had the option one last time to retake one of his tests and chose not to? Several of the schools he has applied to stress that they superscore, which to me may be a subtle hint that students should use every opportunity available to them? On the flip side, some of the schools require all test scores be submitted. These are the same schools that require subject tests, and the same schools that are big reach for him and it is unlikely he will be accepted anyway.