ACT Prep Class Discount - Last Chance
Quick quiz: what are the three most important academic components of a college application?
I won't tease you. The answer:
- GPA
- Rigor (typically AP or IB courses)
- Standardized testing
Yep. The ACT or SAT is important. Still.
Why?
Because performance on the ACT or SAT is highly predictive of how well a student will do in college.
Note that I didn't say "perfectly predictive." Nothing is a failsafe predictor.
But, given a choice, an admissions officer would rather see an ACT or SAT score than not.
But what about applying test optional, you inquire.
Harken unto me, and harken closely. There Is a difference between APPLYING test-optional and being ACCEPTED test-optional. That not-so-subtle distinction gets glossed over more often than not.
If your standardized test scores don't cut the mustard, you shouldn't send 'em.
But if the REST of your academic credentials -- the aforementioned GPA and rigor -- are also relatively weak compared to your competition, you're not doing yourself any favors by applying to that college test-optional. You're wasting time -- on essay writing, hours you'll never get back -- and money, on the application fees.
Each applicant should work hard to get their ACT or SAT scores as high as possible. Then and only then, decide which colleges to submit them to, right before you press the submit button on the Common App.
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ACT Class Starts Tomorrow
Final reminder that our ACT Crusher class begins tomorrow, 1/9. And It's guaranteed. You can read about it and enroll here (use coupon code CRUSH2024 at checkout)
- Andy Lockwood
P.S. Our SAT prep classes are also listed on that page, they start later this month. Coupon code CRUSH2024 will work for that course too.
P.P.S. Higher scores increase odds of acceptance AND likelihood of winning fat, juicy merit scholarships.