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Anonymous wrote:I posted earlier recommending a tutor. The thing is, a tutor is necessary to figure out the strategies and to go over the wrong answers her so she can see what she did wrong. The tutor will provide your daughter with strategies on how to approach certain questions, and what to look for. My DS had a 33 in his mock tests as a rising junior. After a few months of tutoring, he took the test in February and scored a 35. The tutor will help your DD improve her score significantly, especially the lower scores. It is a worthwhile investment.

This is a great example illustrating why the ACT and SAT are of limited value for colleges and why the Harvard lawsuit will fail.

Exactly. High scores have reduced value because they can be bought and/or made into an extracurricular activity.

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That is why schools with holistic admissions can see who probably aid for their higher test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:I posted earlier recommending a tutor. The thing is, a tutor is necessary to figure out the strategies and to go over the wrong answers her so she can see what she did wrong. The tutor will provide your daughter with strategies on how to approach certain questions, and what to look for. My DS had a 33 in his mock tests as a rising junior. After a few months of tutoring, he took the test in February and scored a 35. The tutor will help your DD improve her score significantly, especially the lower scores. It is a worthwhile investment.

This is a great example illustrating why the ACT and SAT are of limited value for colleges and why the Harvard lawsuit will fail.

Exactly. High scores have reduced value because they can be bought and/or made into an extracurricular activity.

+1

That is why schools with holistic admissions can see who probably aid for their higher test scores.

Anonymous wrote:I'd be jumping for joy if my DD got these scores.

Anonymous wrote:if you think 30 is bombing i feel sorry for your daughter.

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Anonymous wrote:Most public universities do not superscore. .

Completely untrue:

https://blog.prepscholar.com/which-colleges-superscore-the-sat

Well my child is looking into engineering at bigger public universities and most of them don’t. Wisconsin, Purdue, WVU, UT - Texas, Purdue, Wyoming, Arizona State, Alabama, The Ohio State, etc....

I guess OSU is trying to be as pretentious as UVA.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted earlier recommending a tutor. The thing is, a tutor is necessary to figure out the strategies and to go over the wrong answers her so she can see what she did wrong. The tutor will provide your daughter with strategies on how to approach certain questions, and what to look for. My DS had a 33 in his mock tests as a rising junior. After a few months of tutoring, he took the test in February and scored a 35. The tutor will help your DD improve her score significantly, especially the lower scores. It is a worthwhile investment.

This is a great example illustrating why the ACT and SAT are of limited value for colleges and why the Harvard lawsuit will fail.

Exactly. High scores have reduced value because they can be bought and/or made into an extracurricular activity.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted earlier recommending a tutor. The thing is, a tutor is necessary to figure out the strategies and to go over the wrong answers her so she can see what she did wrong. The tutor will provide your daughter with strategies on how to approach certain questions, and what to look for. My DS had a 33 in his mock tests as a rising junior. After a few months of tutoring, he took the test in February and scored a 35. The tutor will help your DD improve her score significantly, especially the lower scores. It is a worthwhile investment.

This is a great example illustrating why the ACT and SAT are of limited value for colleges and why the Harvard lawsuit will fail.

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Anonymous wrote:We took money out of the college fund we've been adding to for years to set our daughter up with 6 one-on-one tutoring sessions with an experienced ACT tutor for $150 per one hour session and I think it was worth every penny. The good ones book up way ahead of time so you'll need to look into this months ahead of time if it's not too late.

Also, a 30 on the ACT really is well above average. It may not get you into top schools but depending on what else you have to offer it won't automatically keep you out either.

$150 an HOUR????

More like $200.00 p/h in upper NW. You do NOT have to do this to do well on these tests...

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Anonymous wrote:Most public universities do not superscore. .

Completely untrue:

https://blog.prepscholar.com/which-colleges-superscore-the-sat

Well my child is looking into engineering at bigger public universities and most of them don’t. Wisconsin, Purdue, WVU, UT - Texas, Purdue, Wyoming, Arizona State, Alabama, The Ohio State, etc....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most public universities do not superscore. .

Completely untrue:

https://blog.prepscholar.com/which-colleges-superscore-the-sat

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We took money out of the college fund we've been adding to for years to set our daughter up with 6 one-on-one tutoring sessions with an experienced ACT tutor for $150 per one hour session and I think it was worth every penny. The good ones book up way ahead of time so you'll need to look into this months ahead of time if it's not too late.

Also, a 30 on the ACT really is well above average. It may not get you into top schools but depending on what else you have to offer it won't automatically keep you out either.

$150 an HOUR????

Anonymous wrote:Most public universities do not superscore. .

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my. This is why kids can barely function these days!

What do you mean?

30i is a good score.