Should my 17yo junior do the mock ACT even if

[Claire]

she's going to go to a community college before transferring to a four-year university? She's an average student academically, and scores pretty much in the middle range on standardized tests. She took the PLAN her sophomore year and the PSAT last last year. Both of these had scores squarely in the middle range, around 50th percentile. Colleges around here usually want the ACT rather than the SAT. I'm pretty sure all of the CC have their own placement tests coming in and do not require the ACT or SAT.

 

I am just trying to figure out if she should spend time working on improving her scores on standardized testing, or just forget about it. Dd's strengths are in the fine arts (especially portrait drawing) and working with children. Although she is a remediated dyslexic and borderline dysgraphic, she tends to score a little higher than average on standardized tests of language skills, a little lower than average on standardized tests of math and science.

[Susan in IL]

Our local cc doesn't require the ACT or SAT. They do have their own placement tests but if the score is high enough on some sections of the ACT, you can skip that placement test in that subject and go right into whatever class that score indicates. You might ask the cc about it.

[StaceyinLA]

because you never know if she'll change her mind or if a college will require it in the future. I guess I'd probably go ahead with it.