My little girl took her A.C.T.s a few weeks back just for the heck of it, and we just got the test scores.

For those of you who are familiar with it, you'll understand why I'm so happy.

She scored a 28.


She's only 12 years old.



My wife was accepted to Colorado School of Mines, Carnegie Mellon, Tulane University, and a host of State University Scholarships with a score of 29 when she was 17 years old.

I've got my Proud Papa Face on today!!

 

Congrates man, I only got a 25 at 18! Appearantly she's got good genes...

 

That great. But the reality of it is no one cares about act, sat or any other score to get into college these days. But I was accepted into Columbia with a 23. However I just went to a school closer to home and way less expensive

 

I don't know where you got that from, but yes, they do.

 

I know people that were admitted with mid teen scores. Unless your trying to get into an Ivy league school or maybe a tech institute like MIT, they dont care what the score is just as long as you took the test. They may say that the test scores are important but as long as you can spell your name and pay, you can go to college.

 

ACT score is more useful in gaining scholarships from what I remember. Most of the schools that I applied for, anyone could get in with a 17 on the ACT, but the higher the ACT score, the more money a student would get for scholarships from the school. Schools want to be able to say that they have a high average on the ACT score for entering freshmen. It is sort of a benchmark for the level of students that attend the university.

 

Exactly...

My sister scored a 23 (or 24) and got goo gobs of scholarships; she was a 4.0 student from K - 12, and only got 2 B's in college, while maintaining a job, 15-18 semester hours a semester,and extra-curricular activities.

She's just been accepted to Kansas State University with a full scholarship for her MBA.

Going into college, her high ACT score meant better/larger dorm rooms, honor society induction, and more...

I was looking at the ranking of the top Universities in the country, and Harvard posts many of these facts, such as 97% of incoming freshmen were in the top 10% of their class, and the average SAT score was something like 1470 or something like that..

Same thing for my wife who went to Berkeley...

I scored a 20 on mine, but that was cold turkey, no prep in 1987. Our school didn't have an ACT/SAT prep course (Like many schools do now) nor were their any computers, software, etc to prep us for any of that. Teachers didn't teach you to help you pass standardized tests; you just took what you knew, and you went to take the test, back in my day.

Now, with SAT/ACT prep software, prep courses, practice tests, and directed teaching, if you score less than 18, you really need your *** kicked... Or, schedule yourself for dyslexia testing...

My DA 17 year old B-i-L, will probably slide into home with a 15, because he doesn't take advantage of any of this at his school, (Whose students average a 22 on the ACT; Plano ISD) and even with foot planted squarely in his ****, he still does the minimum...

It's a damn shame to be a settler when you have every opportunity to be the best...

Then again, some peopel become far better college students than they were high school students...
Something about paying for it, makes you do better...

 

Well that is a quite impressive score for a 12 year old. Just out of curiosity why would she even take the test?

I wouldn't count your chips just yet. ALOT of the questions on the ACT are above a 12 year olds head. Unless she is sitting at home studying high school level material there is no possible way for her to get that type of score.

A friend of mine scored a 23 and he guessed at probably a good 50% of the test...guess thats what happens when you go from the bar room to the test.

I scored a 30 over all with a slightly less score in the math department, but my comprehension and reading were higher than 30 so it made up for my lower math scores.

Chances are she will need to test again in her Junior or Senior year as they probably won't accept a score off of a test that is 5 years old.

 

From what I remember if your 23 or above you qualify for the scholorships. But keep in mind that most of us who have went to college are basing what we know when we went to school. College has changed since we were there. I remember when I started, you had to have high grades, good act score, extracurricular activities, etc to get in. Its not like that anymore. Why do you think there are record enrollments at universities? There is a state school around here that jumped from 8000 students to just over 13000 in two years. And it has nothing to do with tuition, cause that has gone up and up and up.

Hersh -- You look at school like harvard and berkley, which are exclusive schools. They can say that because they only take the top students. I dont know many people that can afford to pay 70K per year to attend college. And for some reason I just dont believe that ACt score have anything to do with dorm room size.

I didnt mean to venture off the topic of this thread, which was how well 1969Mach's daughter did at ther age, its great, hell that better than great. But the emphasis on ACT/SAT score is not as great today as it was when we went to college, unless you are looking at a exclusive school.

 

I got a 25... I was 16.

 

I don't remember if I took it or not. Don't know anything about it.
Wasn't planning on going to college during high school so I goofed off more than anything.
I had a good path already layed out for me, there was not any sense in cutting new roads. I wished I'd known that wasn't what I wanted to do before my mid 20's.

But anyway sounds like it is impressive. Congratulations!
Now you have to buy her a new Mustang for sweet 16.
Only 4 more years!

 

Ok. It is possible. She's not the first. If you're involved with your kids' education, that and more is possible. Of course, maybe you should know...

1.) We home school. (Save the flaming. I could care less if you don't agree with it. The results are in, and I'm more than satisfied with it.)

2.) She finished Algebra when she was 8. She taught herself how to read at 2 years old, taught herself sign language from a book at 3, and the public schools couldn't offer her anything useful by the time she was 5.

3.) She is also a student currently with Stanford University's EPGY program.

4.) As home schoolers, we have to have her tested every other year (Standardized Test) , and the ACT was as good as any.

5.) She's wanting to take some other classes from some local colleges, to finish her computer science degree, and this ACT test helps with admissions.

6.) Except for those who refuse to acknowledge the benefits of Home Schooling, this score has satisfied those who were worried she wasn't getting a good education.

Really, for those who want to flame me for anything you disagree with here, I'm not interested. My daughter got a great score on her ACT, and this post is just to express my joy in that.


Thank you to the rest of you that got the point of this thread!!! You made it worth posting!

 

Sounds like you are doing a great job 1969Mach. I wouldn't change anything that you are doing. I am pretty sure that you could not luck your way into a 28 on the ACT and the significance in scoring a 28 at that age is that she should improve with time and she may be one of the people that you hear about that scores a 36 in high school.

 

I got a 28 and it landed me a 100% scholarship to FSU. Now only if they would have paid for housing, food, truck pmt, insurance, cell phone, beer... I wouldn't be in this financial black hole!

 

I don't disagree with you about Harvard & Berkeley; that is exactly what they do, and so does UT Austin (They only take the top 10% of incoming freshmen from their prospective schools) however, this was to reduce enrollment... For a while, UT had surged past Ohio State as the largest university in the country with over 55,000 full time students.

Heck, my local community college (Which I attended), Collin County Community College, has/had 26,000 full time and part time students. The deal is, more people realize the importance (At least in getting the interview, and pading the resume') of getting a college education.

But, yes sir; the ACT itself didn't mean the larger dorm room. It meant instant entry into the honor's dorm (which was 2-3 times larger than the regular students dorms; except the athletes). I helped her get to college, I know what I'm talking about... Her 3.0 & below friend's dorms were a cacker box compared to her room.

Of course, she had to maintian her GPA (which she did) to stay in the honor's dorm.

She was offered full scholarships to every college in Louisiana (except Tulane; which is more $$ than Harvard!!!), a number of major Universities in the USA, and one offer to Cambridge (UK). Don't ask me how she got that, I don't know... She didn't want to leave and go that far from home, so she stayed in Louisiana for her Bachelor's. All I know is she won damn-near every academic award possible, Who's=Who, President's List, etc...

But to the thread starter, congrats on your daughter's score. That's pretty damn good..

PS, when was it possible to score over 30 on the ACT? At least in 1987, 30 was perfect... You actually made the NEWS if you scored a 30.