Originally Posted by
DualvansMommy
So I would have told him about his test scores. Your DS will always have to deal with this for rest of his life, and the testing center messed up his accommodations. So it’s on them, and agree with pp that it is worthwhile to have that low score scrubbed from his records.
He needs to have strong coping skills in place. He’s going off to college in 6-8 months time, and you’re hiding his own score results from him? Empowering him and including his input would have been better cuz he won’t have you to advocate for him on campus during his time at college. How is that advocating for him? I’m saying this as someone who is disabled and needed accommodations for myself through my life. Just my .02 cents.
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I really see your point. Life is tough and he’s going to have to learn to face it. However, I think I agree with Globetrotter here. In this situation, it’s about strategy. I think he’ll do better on the next ACT test if he doesn’t know how he did this time. Once he gets the next scores, he can take a look at how he did in February. And actually, he’s a junior. He’s not leaving for college in 6 months. He’s taking the ACT now because he has a lot going on this summer and he wanted to build in some time to improve his score if he needs to.
Originally Posted by
PunkyBoo
I have no idea, I never took ACT and DS1 is taking SAT. But having them use a higher score for consideration means they can still see the lower score and might form speculation on how he suddenly did so much better just a few months later. Admissions is so complicated a process, I would not want my kiddo being potentially judged based on that low score (even if bettered by a higher score) or an average. If it's in the records, they can see it even if they claim they are only taking the highest score.
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I’m not exactly sure what the schools have access to but we didn’t have ACT send the February scores to any colleges because we just weren’t sure who all to send them to which I’m glad about now. But it’s true that they take the highest scores and disregard the lower ones, at least that’s what they say they do.
Last edited by gatorsmom; 02-19-2021 at 08:54 PM.
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