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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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You're a jerk, OP.[/quote]

+1 Agree

I am actually a parent of private and public DC who had the exact scenario OP is describing but after that dismissive, unsubstantiated comment about public; I will keep my experience to myself and let private school parent here, figure it out themselves.[/quote]

OP here.  Clearly nobody wants to hear that their kid is tracking to a 35 or 36 ACT.  I get it.  It really was no intention to brag.  I truly don't think he should retake it for the perfect score, but my husband is pretty insistent.  I agree DS should decide for himself and he ultimately will.  But I know DH will want me to "encourage" him to do so and I don't want to.

As for the back and fourth about his course load, he would have taken more APs this year if he had interest in what was offered.  As it stands the most he could have taken were four, but two of them were not interesting to him.  His senior year he is already approved to take a bunch of different options and will move forward with 4 or 5.  This is what HE wants to do.  I don't see how there is any downside to this.  He will not be applying ED because the schools he likes do not have that as an option.  EA is too competitive and he really wants the schools to see the rigor in his senior year, so we will likely do RD for most of the schools.

And come on people.  [b]We live in MCPS school district and everyone knows about the grade inflation there.[/b]  I was just trying to point out that although he is only taking 2 APs now, that you can't compare his course load to people in schools like Whitman.  It kills me when his public school friends moms talk about all the APs their kids have an how they are acing everything.  Everyone knows that means little now.  I am sorry if you feel insulted, but it is what it is.

Have a great evening.[/quote]

I think that's really irrelevant. The point is your DC, even with a 35 out of private, is not a very strong candidate. There are hundreds kids like (or better than your DC) in MCPS. What makes your child so special? [/quote]

Did I say he was special?  I just asked a simple question about whether you thought it was worth retaking for a perfect score.  Sorry it ruffled everyone's feathers.  I find it quite comical that such an innocent post could piss off so many people!!!
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What's really sad is you, as an adult, didn't recognize your post was insensitive. What's even worse is you have a kid so your gene passed on. [/quote]

Insensitive in what way?  I have read over and over on many threads MCPS parents themselves complaining about the grade inflation.  This is not news or a surprise.  Right?

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