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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS who is a junior took the ACT yesterday. Prior to taking the test, he had been tracking on his mock tests at 35-36. Hoping to see him get a perfect score or 35.

DH thinks if he gets 35 that he should try again for 36. I disagree because why?

Is there any reason to do this? His grades are excellent (3.89 unweighted GPA), but his rigor is not strong enough for likely admission to top 20 (only 2 APs and 2 honors this year). He is at a private...[b]not a public where there are APs galore and inflated grades. [/b]Next year he plans to take 4 or 5 APs.

DH seems to think the perfect score will be significant and help the fact that he wasn't one of those students that took each and every AP available to him. I don't think so, but thought I would put it out there to get some opinions. 
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Ouch! You had to add that...

My DC's first try was a 35, retook and got a perfect 36 C (and all 36s subscores). The only thing that a 36 will get you that 35 will not is Presidential Scholar thing. 36 will get you nominated and a 35 (probably) will not. As for the college admission process, it won't matter much. There are too many high stat kids anyway.

Also, keep in mind, your DC's score CAN go down. At that level, the margin of error is so very small.

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