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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Junior has taken the ACT now twice and gotten a 27 both times, even with lots of prep between. We’re at a top private and she completes her work on time and is an otherwise engaged student  but test scores continue to be a problem and have been for a very long time. It is worth taking a third time in the fall?

Asking because our private makes it seem like these scores are abysmal and she will never get in anywhere. Alabama, TCU, and UGA are her top choices [/quote]

UGA is off the table, full stop. Even Alabama and TCU might be reaches. You really need to be looking a tier or two down with a 27 ACT and 3.09 GPA. I'm guessing your daughter wants the large southern school experience, based on those top choices. Has she looked at Ole Miss, Arkansas?

The GPA is going to be the hardest thing to overcome. In an era of grade inflation, a 3.09 looks bad. There's no other way to put it, even accounting for the fact that privates are less likely to engage in grade-boosting shenanigans like unlimited retakes, accepting work until the last day, minimum 50% credit, etc. UNC-Greensboro's act range is 20-25 yet the average GPA of admitted students is a 3.7.[/quote]

+1. Ole Miss is a very good suggestion. The acceptance rate is about 98% and it offers the big, Southern school experience that her other choices suggest she wants.[/quote]

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