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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected.  4.7 weighted.  3.98 unweighted.  27 act.  Upset.[/quote]

ACT definitely not in line with GPA....red flag[/quote]
This should not be a red flag. This will likely be my daughter next year. She has a slight learning disability but she excels in school because she is a very hard worker and is diligent. She just can’t seem to ace her standardized tests. Any school would be lucky to have her because she works hard and gets good grades.[/quote]

It's not a red flag.  A red flag is low GPA and high test scores -- not the other way around.  Idiot.[/quote]

A 27 ACT signals perhaps the child is not that naturally intelligent and that the GPA might be reflective of a less rigorous grading policies. Look I am not an admissions officer. I agree it means the kid is hard worker. But come on, that has to be why the 4.7 in-state kid didn’t get in. Right???!![/quote]

My daughter is the one with the learning disabilities. She’s taking three AP classes and all the other classes are honors classes.  Her classes are rigorous. She is a hard worker and studies. The standardized test only test for how quickly can you retrieve information that you learned. Some people are more quickly able to retrieve information than others. If she has time to sit and think she can come up with the answer. But a timed test is much more difficult.  By the way she is not my only child. I have a son who does not work hard at all that manages to get very high grades and is able to ace the  standardize tests. My daughter is much more organized and a hard worker. My son is very disorganized and hardly works at all. They are very different people and a school would be lucky to have either one of them. Not just my quick thinking son[/quote]

Didn’t your daughter get extended time on the ACT? This should even the playing field for your daughter. [/quote]

Another parent here. It doesn't, really. It can help in some ways, but it really doesn't compensate, and it can lead to students getting sucked down a vortex of self-destruction in that time. It isn't that simple.[/quote]

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