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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone whose kid wanted to take the ACT this summer was part of a disaster movie.  For those of us with high performing kids and without test scores, what do you think the chances are that SAT or ACT will have any tests in this area this fall?[/quote]

Um, if kid is "high performing" then they would have a test score by now. Unless you're not talkig about a rising senior. In which case, f off.  [/quote]

I have a "high performing" rising senior, who doesn't have a score yet because she was going to take the SAT last March. It was cancelled. Aside from kids looking at athletic admits, who needed scores to get prelooks by coaches, most of her peers also do not have scores yet. The 2 exceptions I can think of are actually not "high performing" kids, they're kid who were looking at extensive SAT tutoring who'd taken a test already for a baseline.[/quote]

Absolutely not true, many kids took it at the end of Sophomore year and fall of Junior year.  Almost all of the "high performing" kids we know including ours put one SAT and ACT down early.  Ours took SAT end of Sophomore and ACT Fall of Junior, glad he did because this is now an absolute debacle.[/quote]

My DC’s school (Big 3 private, if that matters) recommends taking the ACT or SAT for the first time in the spring of 11th grade. Maybe public and private schools advise differently? [/quote]

For us it was getting the baseline early, same with many of his classmates (STEM Gov School).   Bottom line is there is no penalty in taking it multiple times, if you are "high performing" and comfortable with the content, why not take it early?[/quote]

My high- performing kid didn’t take it early because the school advised to take the first test in March/April in Junior year. I think timing of tests is somewhat school dependent. Posters on this thread whose kids tested early cannot believe there is another reality for kids who are aiming for top schools. Lots of high-performing kids do not have a single test score yet, whether people believe that or not.
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No, timing is not school dependent, it is child/parent dependent.  No guidance counselor is going to dictate the conditions of my child's path to college, that is a family matter.  Again, if the child is comfortable with the content than there is no reason to not take it early.  We ALL are fully aware and believe there is a reality for others and that there are many who didn't take it early.  It is an incorrect assumption however to also believe there is not a very large number who have taken it.  This is all being handled by the testing organizations atrociously and is exposing their incompetence.  This very well may become a zeitgeist moment for the future of college admissions.[/quote]

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