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5/24/2017 Understanding Your Scores Applerouth Tutoring Services Presented By: Hannah Schwendeman Business Development Manager, Seattle 1 5/24/2017 How do I read the Score Report? The score report tells you: - The score you would get if

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Understanding Your Scores

Applerouth Tutoring Services

Presented By: Hannah Schwendeman Business Development Manager, Seattle

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How do I read the Score Report?

The score report tells you:

  • The score you would get if you took the test

now

  • Where your overall strengths and weaknesses

are

  • How your time-management looks
  • Where to focus your study
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ACT Score Report

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Understanding the Report

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Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses

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Looking For Patterns in English/Writing

  • Grammar questions may be accurate

more often than Expression of Ideas Questions: Didn’t read for context.

  • Omits: time management.
  • Look for one grammar rule that is

weaker (e.g. Subject/Verb Agreement might be strong but Parallelism might be weak)

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Looking For Patterns in Math

  • Missing problems early on:

Carelessness or not writing out work.

  • Affinity for a certain subject over

another (e.g. more Geometry problems right than Algebra problems).

  • Forgetting to use a calculator.
  • Missing grid-in problems (SAT only)
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Looking For Patterns in Reading

  • String of mistakes or omits later on:

Time Management

  • One passage is weaker: loss of

interest in subject matter or did not anticipate Comparison Passage.

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Looking For Patterns in Science

  • String of Omits at the end: Time

Management.

  • Tried to read all the supporting

information instead of just looking at the data.

  • Did not anticipate the “Dueling

Scientists” section

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Students don’t need to take both tests!

Only 30% of Princeton applicants submitted both tests and less than 25% did so for Harvard, UCLA, and UVA. There is NO school that values one over the other. It’s more efficient and cost-effective to select one test and focus all your energy in that direction. Baseline test scores help determine the optimal test.

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“The University of Washington accepts the SAT and ACT equally. There is absolutely no advantage in submitting one test over the other. We recommend that students submit all test scores from SAT and ACT. If an applicant submits scores from both tests, national concordance tables determine which scores are relatively higher.” - UW admissions page

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How important are the tests?

Over the last decade, standardized tests have become a more significant part of the admissions process.

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US still puts a premium on testing: 2012 NACAC Survey: Factors influencing admissions decisions

Importance Considerable Moderate Limited None Grades in college prep 86.5% 11.5% 1.6% 0.3% Strength of curriculum 70.7 22.0 5.9 1.3

Admission test scores

57.8 32.0 9.2 1.0 Grades in all courses 45.6 43.9 9.8 0.7 Essay or writing sample 26.4 37.5 19.9 16.3 Demonstrated interest 20.7 27.0 27.6 24.7 Teacher recommendation 17.4 47.7 23.7 11.2 Counselor rec. 17.1 50.0 22.0 10.9 Class rank 16.3 42.2 31.7 9.8 Extracurricular activities 8.9 43.9 34.3 12.9 Subject test scores (AP, IB) 7.0 27.2 33.6 32.2 SAT II scores 5.0 11.0 28.0 56.0 Interview 6.6 26.3 31.9 35.2

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Slide 13 3 Or is that too simplistic?

  • Jenna Berk

, 9/23/2015

4 Alternative title: National Association for College Admission Counseling 2012 Survey: What's Important?

  • Jenna Berk

, 9/23/2015

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The Growing Movement of Test Optional Schools

  • Not all schools require the SAT or the ACT!
  • Visit www.fairtest.org to learn more about test
  • ptional colleges.
  • Smith College, Byrn Mawr, George Washington

University, Willamette University, Whitman College Put your best foot forward for prep, then decide how to use your scores.

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Sample merit scholarship: Alabama

Name of Scholarship HS GPA New SAT Score ACT Score Annual Award Total Savings Capstone 3.5 1280-1300 27 $3,500 $14,000 Collegiate 3.5 1310-1340 28 $4,000 $16,000 Foundation in Excellence 3.5 1350-1380 29 $13,000 $52,000 UA Scholar 3.5 1390-1440 30-31 $17,976 $71,904 Presidential 3.5 1450-1600 32-36 $26,950 $107,800 Alabama Tuition 2016‐2017 In‐State: $11,270 Out of State: $27,750

http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out‐of‐state.php

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Putting the SAT/ACT in Context

H.S. Grades in the Context of Schedule Strength and Academic Strength of School Teacher Recommendations SAT Subject Tests Admissions Essay Activities (Leadership, Depth)

SAT ACT

Greatest return on investment of time and resources You walk through these doors one at a time. A super high SAT score cannot make up for a 1.5 GPA. A beautifully written essay will rarely trump an SAT score below a school’s minimum range.

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The ACT Has Eclipsed the SAT

SAT ACT Gap 2005 1,475,623 1,186,251 289,372 2006 1,465,744 1,206,455 259,289 2007 1,494,531 1,300,599 193,932 2008 1,518,859 1,421,941 96,918 2009 1,530,128 1,480,469 49,659 2010 1,597,329 1,568,835 28,494 2011 1,647,123 1,623,112 24,011 2012 1,664,479 1,666,209 ‐1,730 2013 1,700,000 1,800,000‐100,000

Any college will take either the SAT or ACT without prejudice

Aligning with the Common Core has been a big winner for the ACT. 2014 revealed huge gains for the ACT.

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The recipe behind the Redesigned SAT

The Redesigned SAT is more like the ACT, more aligned with the Common Core, and more rigorous than ever.

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Structurally the two tests appear nearly identical

Reading Writing No Calculator Math Math Optional Essay Science Optional Essay

SAT

3:00 :50 2:55 :40 3:35

ACT

Testing Time 3:50

The ACT’s stand‐alone science section is one of the key differences

Reading English Math

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SAT vs. ACT

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SAT vs. ACT cont.

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SAT vs. ACT cont.

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SAT vs. ACT cont.

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Comparing SAT and ACT content*

Test Algebra Geometry Arithmetic/ Data Analysis Trigonometry

ACT 46% 23% 24% 7% SAT

62% 6%

30% 2%

SAT has more algebra and much less geometry. Trigonometry is mostly an afterthought. Algebra dominates the SAT.

*Using SAT categories, slightly different from how the ACT categorizes math items

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ACT Science

  • Data analysis
  • Very fast paced!
  • Not about biology or

physics principles

  • Unlike any other

standardized test section

  • SAT: charts, tables,

graphs in every section “It’s like playing a game when no

  • ne has told you

the rules.”

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The “Optional” Essays

SAT ESSAY

  • Scored 2-8 on

Reading, Writing, Analysis

  • Rhetorical analysis
  • f an author’s

argument – not your

  • wn opinion
  • 50 minutes

ACT ESSAY

  • Scored 2-12 on

Ideas, Development, Organization, Language Use

  • Argumentative essay

based on 3 perspectives

  • 40 minutes
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So when should I take these tests?

We recommend taking your test of choice 2 or 3 times.

  • More than that will likely see

diminishing returns.

  • You can do all three 3 times your

Junior year.

  • You can do 2 times your Junior

year and once your Senior year!

  • There no wrong way to do it as

long as you watch Early Action and Early Decision Deadlines.

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SAT Test Dates

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Momentum: Going in Strong

  • Don’t spread this out evenly over the year;

students can, and do, burn out on testing

  • Go hard about 10 weeks before the actual test
  • Take a mock test within a month of every real

test

  • Give students breaks and time away from prep
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Allow Enough Time to Prep

  • This is a process, not a one‐shot deal
  • Cram jobs almost never work
  • Plan on taking the test 3 times
  • It’s smart to start early!
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This is not a test of your smarts, nor does it measure you as a person. It is simply a test

  • f how well you do on the test on that day.
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Our Services

  • SAT & ACT prep (online, private, group)
  • Master Classes
  • SAT Subject and AP prep
  • HS subject assistance
  • Study skills