Second Shot at the ACT

Sarah had her second go round with the ACT yesterday.  She got her score from the first test a couple of weeks ago, but we thought she could take a second shot at it and see if she could improve on it.  Since the cost of the first one was covered by the school district this year, I told her that she could treat that as a practice test.  She can't do worse that that score, and at least now that she knows what it is like, she could be better prepared for this one.  Plus, she went though a prep course and when she took the first test, she hadn't finished it yet, so now with taking it once and being done with the prep course, she should have no trouble at all.

So when she got home I asked her how it was, how she thought she might have done, etc.  She said that she felt it was easier than the first time taking it, and the only part she thought she might have had trouble with was the writing/essay portion.  But that portion is optional (I think) so I don't think that will affect her score all that much.  But what I do know, is that the score she got the first time round is more than good enough to get into the schools she is looking at, at least at this point.  Maybe she'll decide to look at a school where a better score would help her out, but for the time being I think she's in pretty good shape.