Should I take the February ACT (soph)?

squ1rrel
Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:49:28 +0000

I really want to get testing out of the way early (other than the PSAT), and I feel like I have the chance to do that this February. I took an ACT practice test over the summer with no knowledge of the test, got 36 math 34 reading 33 ela 28 science (probably because I was unfamiliar with such science questions before). If I bring up my science score I think I can get in the 34/35 range.

And on actual test days, I perform much better than I do during practice (when prepping for the SSAT, I did rather mediocre in practice tests, like below 90th percentile, but got 98th percentile on the actual thing…I was so concentrated, focused, and confident in the actual test).

Fall sports season is over for me now so this would be the perfect time for me to study. And colleges don’t really care if you mess up early on a test, right? Don’t only a few colleges require you to report all scores?

Either way, I was wondering if this would be a good use of my time now, or if I should just push back all test prep to my junior/senior year. I’ve always hated procrastinating.