Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 15:55     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
My senior kid wants to take them if she can, but at this point, all the colleges on her list have gone test-optional, so if it does not happen, it won't hold her back. If she actually gets to take them, her plan is to not send in scores if they won't help her.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 15:51     Subject: Re:SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rising junior just had August SAT cancelled. We're trying to get him registered now at private schools and hopefully they'll have a better chance at opening than the public schools. Also thinking about going out of state. Ugh.


Where was your DC scheduled to take it?


He was scheduled to take it at an MCPS HS. They've cancelled all August SATs. We should've thought to register him to take it at a private school. Oh well, hopefully he can take it in October (which is when we re-registered to take it) or somehow find a school in another state that's open for the August administration.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 15:38     Subject: Re:SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:My rising junior is scheduled for the November SAT. Hoping:
(1) Test itself isn't canceled.
(2) He doesn't get bumped for desperate seniors still needing an SAT.


Thanks for your concern for the rising seniors who are not only losing their senior years but also the opportunity to submit test scores.

Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 15:36     Subject: Re:SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
My rising junior is scheduled for the November SAT. Hoping:
(1) Test itself isn't canceled.
(2) He doesn't get bumped for desperate seniors still needing an SAT.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 15:26     Subject: Re:SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Howard County tweeted this afternoon that the August tests are cancelled due to health and safety concerns. I give up.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 15:22     Subject: Re:SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:Rising junior just had August SAT cancelled. We're trying to get him registered now at private schools and hopefully they'll have a better chance at opening than the public schools. Also thinking about going out of state. Ugh.


Where was your DC scheduled to take it?
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 13:12     Subject: Re:SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Rising junior just had August SAT cancelled. We're trying to get him registered now at private schools and hopefully they'll have a better chance at opening than the public schools. Also thinking about going out of state. Ugh.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 11:32     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Rising senior DD prepped for ACT to take it in April. That was cancelled as was June and July tests. So she has no score. Her school is offering senior Only SAT test in September. She is an ok student - a good test result would help her. I am so frustrated with ACT - wondering if we should just jump to the school run SAT instead. Anyone else considering this?
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 10:56     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Waiting until Senior fall is crazy stupid for first testing, even in a normal situation. DC had friends luck out with testing at WV locations recently. Good luck to those still trying to get a seat. Look at other states as VA/MD/DC are not opening schools this fall.


yeah - but waiting until junior spring isn't and all of those tests were cancelled, so get off your high f-ing horse.


Our high school advises waiting to Junior spring.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 10:33     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:Waiting until Senior fall is crazy stupid for first testing, even in a normal situation. DC had friends luck out with testing at WV locations recently. Good luck to those still trying to get a seat. Look at other states as VA/MD/DC are not opening schools this fall.


yeah - but waiting until junior spring isn't and all of those tests were cancelled, so get off your high f-ing horse.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 10:28     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And no 1 pm update as promised by ACT

This is a debacle


Per their twitter announcement you can now register at 10am CST on Monday. So, expect the tens of thousands wanting a spot to crash it again, a virtual repeat of this week.


Also, they pushed back July 18 score release to August 5 - which makes me wonder if they want to cut down on the number of people signing up to take it again, since capacity is seemingly so stretched


Those kids will sign up again because they don't know their score. Dumb on ACT's part. I doubt they will have the organizational skills (or even the will) to prioritize those they've shafted 3x.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2020 08:54     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:Waiting until Senior fall is crazy stupid for first testing, even in a normal situation. DC had friends luck out with testing at WV locations recently. Good luck to those still trying to get a seat. Look at other states as VA/MD/DC are not opening schools this fall.


DD wasn't waiting for senior year. She got stuck with it when everything from early March was cancelled.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2020 20:49     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Anonymous wrote:Waiting until Senior fall is crazy stupid for first testing, even in a normal situation. DC had friends luck out with testing at WV locations recently. Good luck to those still trying to get a seat. Look at other states as VA/MD/DC are not opening schools this fall.


I know. We didn’t follow that horrid advice but tons of kids did.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2020 20:40     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
Waiting until Senior fall is crazy stupid for first testing, even in a normal situation. DC had friends luck out with testing at WV locations recently. Good luck to those still trying to get a seat. Look at other states as VA/MD/DC are not opening schools this fall.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2020 17:04     Subject: SAT or ACT Fall Probabilities
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Anonymous wrote: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?


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.


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.


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.


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?


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?


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.


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.


Whatever. You can’t go back and change past decisions. Ds had teachers who said to wait until senior fall!!


My DD wasn't ready in the fall. She's on marching band and really didn't feel prepared then. She studied, took mock tests in December & January while she was signed up for March and April tests. Both cancelled. Then June ACT and July ACT cancelled. Not a lot of options now. Lucky are the few who could take a test early and are happy with the scores.