Perfect ACT Score

[Anonymous]

OP, retaking the test with 35 to get 36 may actually do more damage at the process of application. My kid with the score 34 and 4.0/4.4 GPA got to several IVYs and few other highly competitive colleges.

Colleges will see how many times your kid took the test, and they will see all his scores. Seeing a kid retaking from 35 to 36 may raise some eyebrows, and they might assume the kid got some issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Child had a 36 ACT and was straight out denied from Brown, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Dartmouth, Pomona, and Swarthmore.

Waitlisted by UChicago, Princeton, Williams, Rice.

Only admitted to Tufts, Amherst, and Vanderbilt.

I don't think a perfect score helps much at all.

What's wrong with Tufts, Amherst, and Vanderbilt? OP here. He is not interested in any ivies.

LOL @ “He is not interested in any ivies.” Well, they don’t either!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, retaking the test with 35 to get 36 may actually do more damage at the process of application. My kid with the score 34 and 4.0/4.4 GPA got to several IVYs and few other highly competitive colleges.

Colleges will see how many times your kid took the test, and they will see all his scores. Seeing a kid retaking from 35 to 36 may raise some eyebrows, and they might assume the kid got some issues.

Thank you for the great insight. Signed OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Child had a 36 ACT and was straight out denied from Brown, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Dartmouth, Pomona, and Swarthmore.

Waitlisted by UChicago, Princeton, Williams, Rice.

Only admitted to Tufts, Amherst, and Vanderbilt.

I don't think a perfect score helps much at all.

What's wrong with Tufts, Amherst, and Vanderbilt? OP here. He is not interested in any ivies.

LOL @ “He is not interested in any ivies.” Well, they don’t either!!

DS is interested in some top schools but realizes he is not competitive at ivies. Plus, he spent some time at one of them last summer and was underwhelmed.

[Anonymous]

Last week when I was at a fundraiser at my DS's school all anybody talked about was how now even the ACTs SATs testing boards are inflating MCPS students' scores. Unfair! Sad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last week when I was at a fundraiser at my DS's school all anybody talked about was how now even the ACTs SATs testing boards are inflating MCPS students' scores. Unfair! Sad!

Agreed that all those 35 and 36 scores on the ACT by MCPS kids must be inflated. Those MCPS kids have it soooooo easy breezing though those AP and IB classes. They have to just show up for class and they get Bs. The parents of these kids are due a feather ruffling. Humph! You MCPS parents are just so ridiculous. Nanny nanny boo boo!

[Anonymous]

Oh, and thank you for paying for part of my public school kids’ education OP. Much appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, retaking the test with 35 to get 36 may actually do more damage at the process of application. My kid with the score 34 and 4.0/4.4 GPA got to several IVYs and few other highly competitive colleges.

Colleges will see how many times your kid took the test, and they will see all his scores. Seeing a kid retaking from 35 to 36 may raise some eyebrows, and they might assume the kid got some issues.

And/or that his parents are nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and thank you for paying for part of my public school kids’ education OP. Much appreciated.

What a weird comment. I am not op, and my kids also went to private schools even thought we are zoned to the top FCPS schools. You know what, I am gladly pay for your kids to stay in public school and glad my kids never had to interact with the offsprings of people like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and thank you for paying for part of my public school kids’ education OP. Much appreciated.

What a weird comment. I am not op, and my kids also went to private schools even thought we are zoned to the top FCPS schools. You know what, I am gladly pay for your kids to stay in public school and glad my kids never had to interact with the offsprings of people like you.

Wow, tell us how you REALLY feel about public kids/families!!

-np

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and thank you for paying for part of my public school kids’ education OP. Much appreciated.

What a weird comment. I am not op, and my kids also went to private schools even thought we are zoned to the top FCPS schools. You know what, I am gladly pay for your kids to stay in public school and glad my kids never had to interact with the offsprings of people like you.

Obnoxious * 10000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, my kid who got crappy education from crappy MCPS did better than your kid - 36/15 APs all 4s and 5s. What does that say about about your private school education OP?

Um, you do realize that MCPS grade inflates though, correct? They also offer AP’s earlier than any other district in the hope to bump their scores.

Most kids that do well in MCPS that actually do well with test taking had outside help. It isn’t like the school really was so great. No different than mine in MCPS elementary. The only kids doing well have parents supplementing at home. The rest of the kids are the bottom of the achievement gap and MCPS doesn’t have a clue how to actually teach those kids.

Why did MVPS get rid of exams again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, retaking the test with 35 to get 36 may actually do more damage at the process of application. My kid with the score 34 and 4.0/4.4 GPA got to several IVYs and few other highly competitive colleges.

Colleges will see how many times your kid took the test, and they will see all his scores. Seeing a kid retaking from 35 to 36 may raise some eyebrows, and they might assume the kid got some issues.

Thank you for the great insight. Signed OP

I suppose that you are being sarcastic, although I can't be sure. The PP's comment actually did provide two insights. One, a 36 isn't necessarily any more worthwhile than a 35, or even a 34. Two, taking the test after getting a 35 may seem nuts to some people, including admission officers.

Don't ask for advice if you aren't willing to listen to it without responding with sarcastic comments.

Here is my advice: Dial it down and take it easy. I am concerned that the vibes that you (and indirectly your husband) are giving to the readers in this forum you are also giving to your son. The vibes do not seem healthy.

[Anonymous]

I think you should wait until you get the actual results before making any decisions. Pace yourself, seems like you will have year of stress ahead of you.

[Anonymous]

Everyone here is pathetic. Both sides. Your kids would be so embarrassed of you.