Should I retake my ACT?

LoremIpsum
Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:11:26 +0000

My son took his ACT in June, after completing a grueling 8 AP tests in May, 4 of the subjects self-studied. After the AP-gauntlet, he found the ACT to be trivially easy. Based on his experience, I’d say June works quite well. Another consideration is that April would be in the middle of the term, and your other classes may have tests or papers due the week you would rather be doing your last prep review. By June, class is either over or effectively over as far as homework and tests are concerned.



In addition, I heard the April ACT has a better curve/easier questions. Is this true? Is the June ACT harder?



All tests are normed to provide equal results – if this wasn’t done, word would soon get out and everyone would sign up for the “easy” exam. So if a given test has slightly easier questions, it will have a tougher curve, and vice versa. My son got a perfect 36.0 on the June test, so it’s by no means overly “killer.”