<p>Now, this is something I’ve been pondering for a long time…what are the factors that make one person score higher than another? This is not to be confused with GPA - I’ll post a second thread for that. Now, assuming all variables of preparation are held constant, how is it that one person could score a “20” and another a “30” on the ACT? Now, a score of 20 is average…but what makes someone able to score a 30 assuming the preparation has been the similar?</p>
<p>Here are some things I’ve come up with that may be contributing factors:</p>
<p>Wealth of family
Wealth of school district
Educated parents
Is it valid that some people really are “good test takers” and “bad test takers?”
IQ - what factors determines this?
Logic - what are the factores that make someone “have it” or not?
Early childhood development - chemicals in breast milk have been <em>linked</em> to higher scores
Nutrition? haha I don’t know</p>
<p>Anyway I’d just like to throw the question out there to see what you guys think. I’ll do a similar one for GPAs. I think it’d be a very interesting topic to delve into and perhaps research. These are just some trends that I noticed with my friends at college (I come from a not-so-wealthy district where the highest ACT score in our class was around a 30…and yet others at my college received much higher scores, as well as their classmates.)</p>
<p>Perhaps drive, the desire to do well.</p>
<p>Does that mean that everyone who wants to do well is going to?</p>
<p>^^^ with perseverance…</p>
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<p>That’s just it-- they won’t have been. You cite socioeconomic status as one of the factors, and that’s (in my mind) one of the largest factors in a score. A wealthier student will have been able to afford more in quality, private preparation and understand the importance of the ACT/SAT. I don’t think that holds true at all for poorer students, who may be able to get a prep book but are definitely not going to be able to afford the private, for-profit tutoring or maybe even understand how important the ACT/SAT is.</p>
<p>I don’t know
.my son scored a 33 with very little prep. </p>
<p>He did three partial home test, only the english section which is 45 minutes long each time. </p>
<p>We are about as poor as it gets
neither his dad or I have had income in over 18 months and our income has been very up and down my sons entire life. My son also has ADHD/gifted. Son scored a 33
.34 English, 32 Math, 32 Science and 10 writing. I think the scores are related to innate ability to learn (IQ). </p>
<p>I was sick that we couldn’t pay test prep
we got lucky.</p>
<p>Please don’t post personal scores here. This is not a “Chance me” thread.</p>
<p>Had no intention of using this post as a “chance me” just backing up my opinion with fact
.I could also go on to say that I know other students who didn’t study for the ACT who also scored very well and are gifted. Again my position is that IQ does effect ACT or SAT outcome more than any other factor.</p>