texts and tests

[sistawendy]

I've been texted awake for work in the wee hours of the morning every night but one for a week now. I'm getting a bit toasty, as they say in Antarctica.

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I attended a college admissions test prep session with m'boy last night. I'll leave aside for the moment how disorienting it feels to be doing things to get my son ready for college. (None of us can possibly be that old, can we?)

The test prep class addressed the perennial question, "ACT or SAT"? The SAT favors the mathematically inclined because it weights the math section more heavily in the scoring. It also favors native English speakers because of tricky wording and vocabulary. (Can you say "preppy detection"?) The administrators of the SAT are also less generous with accommodations for learning disabilities. All of this argues for m'boy taking the ACT.

The Wendling's combined score or Princeton Review's practice test was in the 48th percentile. Mind you, that may have been PR's way of drumming up business, but still. His biggest problem on the test? Time management, which is the hardest part of the ACT. True to form, he says that everyone should be given more time to do the test.

Comments

[eeyorerin]

He's eligible but you have to get the documentation in super-early. The College Board and the ACT company are pretty scrupulous about providing accommodations but you have to follow their rules for getting documentation in and giving them what they want in order to get it. If he needs extra time and a quiet environment they have to get proctors to cover that -- they will, but they need notice.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Good to know! Thanks!