so we're done now, right?

Wien2NC
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:58:42 +0000

on the 4th try my son got a 1550 on the new SAT (out of 1600). so from my perspective we’re done with testing.

but he got a 32 and then 31 on the ACT, and for some reason my wife thinks he needs to take it again. she seems to think colleges prefer the ACT and that he should try to get at least a 33 and send both ACT and SAT scores. even though the 1550 is the equivalent of a 34 ACT.

this doesn’t make sense to me. IMO it doesn’t matter what test schools “prefer” because every school will take either test and use the highest score. the final SAT was by far the best score he got on any test and i think we should just send that and not mess around any more with the ACT.

so, with regard to the SAT/ACT … we’re done now, right?